A model for predicting coastal storm damage in the North Sea
A system for predicting storm damage by waves in northern areas of the North Sea has been developed by mathematicians at the University of Strathclyde.
Earth Sciences
Jul 7, 2016
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Climate change health impacts loom large
The world should brace for potentially devastating impacts on human health due to climate change, top policy makers and officials from around the globe meeting in Paris said Thursday.
Environment
Jul 7, 2016
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Q&A: Oscar-winner Gibney on cyberwarfare in 'Zero Days'
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney believes the first atomic bomb of the cyberwarfare age has already been dropped.
Security
Jul 7, 2016
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The Dolan family is taking back Newsday paper
Long Island's Newsday paper is back in the hands of the Dolan family.
Business
Jul 7, 2016
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Wendy's says more than 1,000 restaurants affected by hack
Wendy's said hackers were able to steal customers' credit and debit card information at 1,025 of its U.S. restaurants, far more than it originally thought.
Security
Jul 7, 2016
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Researchers predict smaller harmful algae bloom on Lake Erie
Potentially toxic algae is expected to form again this summer in western Lake Erie but should be considerably less severe than the blooms that blanketed the lake and threatened drinking water supplies the previous two years, ...
Environment
Jul 7, 2016
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US tax authorities query Facebook on Ireland dealings
US tax authorities are asking Facebook to turn over documents for an investigation into the social networking giant's dealings with its Irish subsidiary, court documents show.
Business
Jul 7, 2016
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Researchers demonstrate tunable wetting and adhesion of graphene
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated doping-induced tunable wetting and adhesion of graphene, revealing new and unique opportunities for advanced coating materials and transducers.
Nanomaterials
Jul 7, 2016
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How cooperation emerges in competing populations
Social behaviour like reaching a consensus is a matter of cooperation. However, individuals in populations often spontaneously compete and only cooperate under certain conditions. These problems are so ubiquitous that physicists ...
General Physics
Jul 7, 2016
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Colombia pioneers community-based basin report card model
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), along with local partners, released the Colombian Orinoco River Basin Report Card—the first of its kind in of South America—to ...
Environment
Jul 7, 2016
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