News tagged with northwestern
Tsunami debris found 3,000 km from Japan coast
A Russian ship has found debris from the Japanese tsunami, including a fishing boat, floating adrift in the Pacific thousands of kilometres from the disaster zone, a Hawaiian research group said.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2011 |
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The fragility of the world's coral is revealed through a study of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
A new study by researchers from UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) sheds light on how threats to the world's endangered coral reef ecosystems can be more effectively ...
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Researchers develop method that shows diverse complex networks have similar skeletons
Northwestern University researchers are the first to discover that very different complex networks -- ranging from global air traffic to neural networks -- share very similar backbones. By stripping each network down to its ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
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Smoke from Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire affecting 6 states
(Phys.org) -- The Whitewater-Baldy Complex fires burning and rugged terrain in the Gila National Forest in western New Mexico have been generating a lot of smoke. The smoke has now been swept up by a cold ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 28, 2012 |
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The myth of the disconnected telecommuter
(Phys.org) -- The assumption that employees who regularly telecommute will feel less attached to the organization they work for due to feeling isolated and disconnected is a myth, according to a study led ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 24, 2012 |
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Social media used to collect information on marine wilderness
(Phys.org) -- Researchers from Murdoch University's Cetacean Research Unit are working with colleagues from Duke University in the US and Marine Ventures Foundation on an innovative project that will use social ...
May 24, 2012 |
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Plaintiffs face greater obstacles in discrimination suits, study shows
(Phys.org) -- University at Buffalo Sociology Professors Ellen Berrey, PhD, and Steve G. Hoffman, PhD, have co-authored a study that shows plaintiffs' limited resources and tumultuous experiences in employment discrimination ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 23, 2012 |
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Research pair theorize metamaterials that exhibit negative compressibility transitions
(Phys.org) -- In the real world of so called “normal” materials, people expect certain things to occur as a result of certain actions. Covering an object with a cloak for example, should hide the ...
May 23, 2012 |
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New inexpensive, environmentally friendly solar cell shines with potential
(Phys.org) -- The limitations of conventional and current solar cells include high production cost, low operating efficiency and durability, and many cells rely on toxic and scarce materials. Northwestern University researchers ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 23, 2012 |
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NASA sees a 'hot tower' in newborn eastern Pacific Tropical Depression 2E
"Hot Tower" rain clouds within a tropical cyclone indicate that the storm is going to intensify, and that's what NASA's TRMM satellite spotted in newborn Tropical Depression 2E (TD2E) in the eastern Pacific ...
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May 21, 2012 |
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New technique detects trace levels of new class of cancer biomarkers
(Phys.org) -- In less than a decade, a new type of RNA — microRNA (miRNA) — has gone from curiosity to one of the most important sets of regulatory molecules in the body. And because these short pieces of RNA are ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 18, 2012 |
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DNA barcoding verified the discovery of a highly disconnected crane fly species
Northwestern Europe harbors one of the best known biotas, thanks to the long faunistic and floristic traditions practiced there. However, some animal groups are far better known than others. The diversity ...
May 18, 2012 |
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