The current political environment has led to an increased focus on the issue of unauthorized migration from Mexico and Central America, with proposals ranging from reforming the U.S. immigration system to building a wall ...
Social Sciences
Jun 5, 2018
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Phonons are discrete units of vibrational energy predicted by quantum mechanics that correspond to collective oscillations of atoms inside a molecule or a crystal. When such vibrations are produced by light interacting with ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 5, 2018
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It doesn't matter if it's a forest, a soybean field, or a prairie, all plants take up carbon dioxide during photosynthesis—the process where they use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into food. During this changeover, ...
Environment
Jun 5, 2018
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Google is using its logo Monday to celebrate one of Canada's most renowned marathon runners.
Internet
Jun 5, 2018
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As a young biologist in the 1970s, Peter Moyle remembers towing nets behind boats in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and catching 50 to 100 translucent, finger-length smelt in a matter of minutes.
Ecology
Jun 5, 2018
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Wind turbines are a source of clean renewable energy, but some people who live nearby describe the shadow flicker, the audible sounds and the subaudible sound pressure levels as "annoying." They claim this nuisance negatively ...
Environment
Jun 5, 2018
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For decades, intensive groundwater pumping has caused ground beneath California's San Joaquin Valley to sink, damaging infrastructure. Now research published in the journal Nature Communications suggests that as pumping makes ...
Environment
Jun 5, 2018
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Embolization—the use of various techniques to cut off the blood vessels that feed tissue growth—has gained traction over the past few decades to treat cancerous tumors.
General Physics
Jun 5, 2018
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It's never been clear whether robotics company Boston Dynamics is making killing machines, household helpers, or something else entirely.
Robotics
Jun 5, 2018
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Two Airbus A380 superjumbos once flown by Singapore Airlines are to become the first of the iconic doubledeckers to be stripped for parts, after a German leasing firm failed to find a new operator for them.
Business
Jun 5, 2018
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