Experts offer tips to prevent children's learning loss during summer
With school out and a long summer break ahead, many children are in danger of forgetting what they've learned during the academic year.
Social Sciences
Jun 12, 2013
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Alternative-fuel cars are no carbon cure-all
(Phys.org) —Making cars more fuel-efficient is great for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but rather than promoting sales of electric and other alternative-fuel vehicles, policymakers should turn their focus to cutting ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 12, 2013
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Researchers look into the future to weed out problem plants
(Phys.org) —Researchers from Macquarie University and the University of Canberra have developed an assessment scheme that allows them to look into the future to see which exotic plants might become tomorrow's problematic ...
Ecology
Jun 12, 2013
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Cosmic quiver: Saturn's vibrations create spirals in rings
(Phys.org) —Astronomers know that gravity from Saturn's various moons tug at the planet's rings and make spirals in them. But the catalyst for certain spiral patterns has been difficult to pin down. Now, two Cornell astronomers ...
Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2013
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Genetic switches play big role in human evolution
(Phys.org) —A Cornell study offers further proof that the divergence of humans from chimpanzees some 4 million to 6 million years ago was profoundly influenced by mutations to DNA sequences that play roles in turning genes ...
Biotechnology
Jun 12, 2013
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Novel enzyme from tiny gribble could prove a boon for biofuels research
(Phys.org) —Researchers from the United Kingdom, the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and the University of Kentucky have recently published a paper describing a novel cellulose-degrading ...
Biotechnology
Jun 12, 2013
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Researcher develops lightest ever prosthetic hand
Current prostheses for hands have major disadvantages. Researcher Gerwin Smit developed a much improved alternative. On Tuesday 11 June, he will be awarded his PhD at TU Delft for his work on the subject.
Engineering
Jun 12, 2013
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Tropical vagrants bigger, stronger survivors
(Phys.org) —Sydney marine researchers are one step further in solving the mystery of how tropical fishes, in response to rising sea temperatures and the impact of climate change, are shifting, and potentially surviving ...
Ecology
Jun 12, 2013
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Researchers create online tool to estimate greenhouse gas reductions through conservation agriculture
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced the release of COMET-Farm, a free online tool created by Colorado State University and the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service that will help producers calculate ...
Environment
Jun 12, 2013
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Power to the people, by the people
European researchers are investigating 'smarter' solutions to meet growing demand for electricity and fundamental changes in the way power is produced and consumed.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 12, 2013
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