New AI technique could lead to innovations in biomaterials
Innovation often leads to new products, but new methods can be just as groundbreaking.
Polymers
Apr 6, 2022
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Virginia Tech
Estimates of the carbon cycle—vital to predicting climate change—are incorrect, researchers show
Virginia Tech researchers, in collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, have discovered that key parts of the global carbon cycle used to track movement of carbon dioxide in the environment are not correct, ...
Environment
Apr 1, 2022
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Team studies greenhouse gas emissions from Appalachian streams
Freshwater ecosystems can be substantial sources of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, but it can be difficult to figure out how unique aquatic habitat arrangements and connections influence carbon cycling at different scales.
Ecology
Mar 29, 2022
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New study of Yellowstone National Park shines new light on once hidden details of the famous American landmark
The geysers and fumaroles of Yellowstone National Park are among the most iconic and popular geological features on our planet. Each year, millions of visitors travel to the park to marvel at the towering eruptions of Old ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2022
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Surviving remotely: What impact did remote work have on employee psyche?
On March 11, 2020, when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, life changed dramatically for most Americans. While much of the world was already feeling the impact of the virus by that point, the declaration ...
Social Sciences
Mar 21, 2022
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Exploring the psychology of welfare politics
Recent political history has shown that United States conservative leaders tend to vote against the expansion of federal welfare, or social safety net, programs. But are conservative-leaning citizens less likely than their ...
Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2022
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Researcher addresses knowledge gaps in shark and ray research
Sharks and rays are one of the most ancient vertebrate groups, as well as one of the most endangered.
Plants & Animals
Mar 10, 2022
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Oversized and understudied: Researchers begin to uncover the mysterious lives of jumbo bacteriophages
Viruses are tiny but mighty intruders that can be found in the environment including in human bodies, and they can play a variety of roles in ecosystems. Viruses also come in a range of sizes. Some are even larger than bacteria, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 9, 2022
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Using ice to boil water: Researcher makes heat transfer discovery that expands on 18th century principle
Associate Professor Jonathan Boreyko and graduate fellow Mojtaba Edalatpour have made a discovery about the properties of water that could provide an exciting addendum to a phenomenon established over two centuries ago. The ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 21, 2022
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Geoscience expert to study why continents break apart where magma is missing
The Earth's surface is ever incrementally moving and changing shape, breaking apart and forming new land masses and oceans. In the billions of years of history of planet Earth there have been 10 supercontinents, the most ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 5, 2022
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