Norwegian researchers in Trondheim have achieved surprising results by exploiting nature's own ability to clean up after oil spills.
Environment
Mar 10, 2014
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Annual surveys investigating fish assemblages within Cockburn Sound over six years have led to two important findings that have enabled effective monitoring of fish ecology in the face of proposed developments.
Ecology
Mar 10, 2014
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Germany on Monday dismissed a claim by NSA leaker Edward Snowden that it had bowed to U.S. demands to water down privacy rights for German citizens.
Internet
Mar 10, 2014
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If entire mountain slopes start to slide, danger threatens. It is not always easy to predict and monitor these mass movements. In an international project, scientists at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, combined ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 10, 2014
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The historic blast off of the first SpaceX rocket equipped with 'landing legs' and also carrying a private Dragon cargo vessel bound for the Space Station is now slated for March 16 following a short and "successful" hot ...
Space Exploration
Mar 10, 2014
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A new type of biomolecular tweezers could help researchers study how mechanical forces affect the biochemical activity of cells and proteins. The devices – too small to see without a microscope – use opposing magnetic ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 10, 2014
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Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona researchers have developed a computer model which, in different situations, simulates the behavior of taxpayers when faced with the possibility of committing tax evasion. The simulator, described ...
Software
Mar 10, 2014
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Technology can open up a world of possibility, but it also has the potential to leave a lot of people behind.
Other
Mar 10, 2014
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Fresh banana, a waft of flowers, blueberry: the scents in Shota Atsumi's laboratory in the UC Davis Department of Chemistry are a little sweeter than most. That's because Atsumi and his team are engineering bacteria to make ...
Biochemistry
Mar 10, 2014
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Consumers' want for visually appealing meat, and the genetic science behind producing such a trait has been explored in a recent summary paper which described key industry findings on the quality of Australian Lamb.
Other
Mar 10, 2014
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