Study: US cities have worse inequality than Mexico, with rich and poor living side by side
The cities of the Americas are unequal places.
Social Sciences
Jun 1, 2017
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Researchers study unusual and extremely short-lived species of hydrogen
The nuclei of atoms found in nature typically have about the same number of protons and neutrons, and are stable – that is they remain intact forever. Increase the imbalance between the numbers of protons and neutrons, ...
General Physics
Jun 1, 2017
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Professors call for an end to the chaotic classification of organisms
(Phys.org)—A pair of professors, one with Charles Darwin University, the other Southern Cross University, both in Australia, has published a Comment piece in the journal Nature decrying the chaotic state regarding the classification ...
Subsidies promote overfishing and hurt small-scale fishers worldwide
Large-scale fisheries receive about four times more subsidies than their small-scale counterparts, with up to 60 per cent of those subsidies promoting overfishing.
Ecology
Jun 1, 2017
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Key greenhouse gases higher than any time over last 800,000 years
The most comprehensive collection of atmospheric greenhouse gas measurements, published today, confirms the relentless rise in some of the most important greenhouse gases.
Environment
Jun 1, 2017
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Chimps found to pass on knowledge to the next generation
Passing skills down through the generations, previously thought to be unique to humanity, has been discovered in chimpanzees.
Plants & Animals
Jun 1, 2017
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Physicists add amplifier to quantum communication toolbox
Quantum encryption using single photons is a promising technique for boosting the security of communication systems and data networks, but there are challenges in applying the method over large distances due to transmission ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 1, 2017
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Two-dimensional multiferroics in monolayer group IV monochalcogenides
Electronic devices have been constantly decreasing in size and increasing in speed and efficiency, from miniaturized personal computers to pocket-sized cell phones. Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering ...
Nanophysics
Jun 1, 2017
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Volcanoes as referees for life on Earth
At the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, 200 million years ago, some 60 percent of species living on Earth disappeared. Scientists suspected that magmatic activity and the release of CO2 were responsible for this environmental ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 1, 2017
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Early black holes may have grown in fits and spurts
A long-standing question in astrophysics is: how and when did supermassive black holes appear and grow in the early universe? New research using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) suggests ...
Astronomy
Jun 1, 2017
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