Humpback whales may one day avoid Hawaiian waters due to climate change and rising greenhouse gasses, according the findings of a new paper published in Frontiers in Marine Science by a team of researchers including three ...
Plants & Animals
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The migration of carbon atoms on the surface of the nanomaterial graphene was recently measured for the first time. Although the atoms move too swiftly to be directly observed with an electron microscope, their effect on ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 24, 2022
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While kelp is known as a nutritious food item for sea creatures and humans alike, harvesting kelp may be a new way to help keep bivalves such as clams and oysters—a more common food source and marine industry staple—healthy ...
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Jun 6, 2022
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Researchers will soon be studying materials samples on the ISS. The materials in question are super-hard and corrosion-resistant alloys of palladium, nickel, copper and phosphorus—also known as metallic glasses. A high-tech ...
Materials Science
May 5, 2022
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A new study found that when red tides began in early summer and continued into the fall, low oxygen areas—or dead zones— were more likely to also occur. This study by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School ...
Ecology
Apr 26, 2022
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Antibiotics were once proclaimed the salvation of the world. Today, researchers fear that antibiotics could become a threat to public health and the natural environment.
Plants & Animals
Apr 25, 2022
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A new computational tool developed at Michigan Technological University assists in the urgent quest to eliminate the persistent chemicals known as PFAS from community water supplies.
Materials Science
Mar 31, 2022
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In a recent study published in Nature Communications, international scientists have taken on a persistent problem in climate science: near-term climate evolution.
Environment
Mar 30, 2022
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Emulsions of oil-based pesticides are widely used in agriculture, although they are a major environmental and health hazard because they bounce off plant surfaces due to their hydrophobic nature, resulting in the pollution ...
A water tank full of coin-sized invertebrates may not be the first thing you'd expect to see in a materials science and engineering research lab.
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2022
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