Shifting winds in the climate change debate
(Phys.org) —A favorite beach. Homes along the river or coast. Crop yields that sustain the populace.
Environment
Jul 10, 2013
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University of South Carolina
Steaming out some of luminol's wrinkles
Luminol gets trotted out pretty frequently on TV crime shows, but a new technique might someday compete with the storied forensics tool as a police procedural plot device and, perhaps more importantly, as a means of solving ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 23, 2015
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Giving atoms their marching orders
Chemistry professor Linda Shimizu oversees a series of crowd-pleasing chemistry demonstrations in middle and high schools throughout central South Carolina every year. They are spirited affairs, and her research in the laboratory ...
Materials Science
Jun 24, 2015
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Radiation damage at the root of Chernobyl's ecosystems
Radiological damage to microbes near the site of the Chernobyl disaster has slowed the decomposition of fallen leaves and other plant matter in the area, according to a study just published in the journal Oecologia. The resulting ...
Environment
Mar 19, 2014
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Archaeologist teams up with computer vision experts to match prehistoric pottery
Cutting-edge computer vision technology could help unlock the mystery of how people interacted and traveled in the Southeast more than 1,500 years ago.
Computer Sciences
Jun 15, 2017
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Dwindling bird populations in Fukushima
This is the time of year when birds come out and really spread their wings, but since a disastrous day just before spring's arrival four years ago, Japan's Fukushima province has not been friendly to the feathered. And as ...
Environment
Apr 15, 2015
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Snake-charmed: Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes' quest for fire
Two words that arouse immediate fear in some people inspire something else altogether in Jennifer Fill.
Ecology
May 21, 2015
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The future of retail technology—health data, hyper-personalized purchasing
Imagine going shopping and having your phone or fitness tracker make product recommendations for you based on your breath or the current physical state of your body.
Economics & Business
Nov 30, 2017
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Penicillin redux: Rearming proven warriors for the 21st century
Penicillin, one of the scientific marvels of the 20th century, is currently losing a lot of battles it once won against bacterial infections. But scientists at the University of South Carolina have just reported a new approach ...
Biochemistry
Apr 14, 2014
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Dissolved iron in North Atlantic traced to sources
Iron is present in tiny concentrations in seawater. On the order of a few billionths of a gram in a liter.
Earth Sciences
Jul 3, 2014
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