The methods commonly used for water purification are not necessarily effective enough to combat chemical contaminants transported into household waters. Chlorination and UV disinfection work well on pathogenic microbes but ...
Environment
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A research team from the Université libre de Bruxelles shows that it is possible to estimate how nanoconfinement affects the number of contacts formed by two materials placed in intimate contact and, hence, the interfacial ...
Materials Science
Jun 7, 2018
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You probably do it. It might be ingrained from when you were a kid, and now it's almost automatic. You see the flash of lightning – and you immediately start counting the seconds till it thunders.
Earth Sciences
Jun 7, 2018
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First direct dating of an early human tooth confirms the antiquity of Homo antecessor, western Europe's oldest known human fossil species.
Archaeology
Jun 7, 2018
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In French Polynesia, fishing is an integral part of everyday life. The people living here fish on the flats and along the reef using nets, hooks and line, harpoons, spearguns and traditional artisanal traps.
Ecology
Jun 7, 2018
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Scientists are using the latest in 4-D technology to predict the behaviour of lava flows and its implications for volcanic eruptions.
Earth Sciences
Jun 7, 2018
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After eight years spent recovering lost moon data from the Apollo missions, scientists report in a new study they've solved a decades-old mystery of why the moon's subsurface warmed slightly during the 1970s.
Space Exploration
Jun 7, 2018
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For decades, scientists have believed that there could be life beneath the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Since that time, multiple lines of evidence have emerged that suggest that it is not alone. Indeed, within the ...
Astronomy
Jun 7, 2018
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Large fish species are rapidly declining around Australia, according to the first continental diver census of shallow reef fish. Contrary to years of sustainability reports, our study indicates that excessive fishing pressure ...
Ecology
Jun 7, 2018
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In an inertial frame of reference, a body with zero net force acting on it does not accelerate. When scientists speak of inertial frames of reference, they're invoking a coordinate system with no external influences, and ...
