After 1.3M miles, end of an era for research ship
A ship that sailed more than 1.3 million miles in the name of science is back at port in Massachusetts for the last time.
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2014
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India says will not be bulldozed at climate talks
India, the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter, said Thursday it is committed to tackling global warming but vowed to protect its interests at the latest round of UN climate talks in Lima.
Environment
Dec 4, 2014
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Economists urge regular updates and reviews of cost of climate impacts estimate
The Social Cost of Carbon puts a dollar value on the climate damages per ton of CO2 released, and is used by - among others -policymakers to help determine the costs and benefits of climate policies. In the latest issue of ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2014
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Electric eels deliver Taser-like shocks
The electric eel - the scaleless Amazonian fish that can deliver an electrical jolt strong enough to knock down a full-grown horse - possesses an electroshock system uncannily similar to a Taser.
Plants & Animals
Dec 4, 2014
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X-ray laser as ultra slow-motion camera: New study paves the way for nano-movies of biomolecules
An international team, including scientists from DESY, has caught a light sensitive biomolecule at work with an X-ray laser. The study proves that X-ray lasers can capture the fast dynamics of biomolecules in ultra slow-motion, ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 4, 2014
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Antarctic seawater temperatures rising
The temperature of the seawater around Antarctica is rising according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2014
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Current tools for Asian Carp eDNA monitoring fall short, study shows
Since 2010, detections of Asian Carp environmental DNA or "eDNA" have warned scientists, policymakers, and the public that these high-flying invaders are knocking on the Great Lakes' door. Scientists capture tiny DNA-containing ...
Ecology
Dec 4, 2014
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Geophysicists challenge traditional theory underlying the origin of mid-plate volcanoes
A long-held assumption about the Earth is discussed in today's edition of Science, as Don L. Anderson, an emeritus professor with the Seismological Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology, and Scott King, a professor ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2014
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The finer details of rust
Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology have been studying the behavior of iron oxide surfaces. The atomic structure of iron oxide, which had been assumed to be well-established, turned out to be wrong. The behavior ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 4, 2014
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Greenhouse gases linked to African rainfall
Scientists may have solved a long-standing enigma known as the African Humid Period - an intense increase in cumulative rainfall in parts of Africa that began after a long dry spell following the end of the last ice age and ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2014
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