When a tree species supports more than 1,000 animals, birds, insects and microbes, the tree type can be considered too big to fail. "Cottonwoods are the General Motors of the plant world because they define a community and ...
Ecology
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The United States must keep pace with its growing demographic and socio-economic changes to avoid becoming poorer and less competitive internationally, according to a new book from sociologists at Rice University.
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2015
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Harmful organic molecules in the indoor air can cause adverse health effects—a problem known as the 'sick building syndrome'. Current air-cleaning technologies require both energy and upkeep, but a promising new solution ...
Materials Science
Dec 7, 2015
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The fossil group called the Ediacaran biota have been troubling researchers for a long time. How do these peculiar organisms relate to modern organisms? In a new study, published in Biological Reviews, researchers from Sweden ...
Archaeology
Dec 7, 2015
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Scientists looking for ways to stimulate the growth of neurons can spend hours painstakingly analyzing microscope images of cells growing in petri dishes. A new algorithm developed by Brown University researchers automates ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 7, 2015
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A new video from NASA shows the successful installation of the first of 18 flight mirrors onto the James Webb Space Telescope Structure, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The installation of the ...
Space Exploration
Dec 7, 2015
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Like a lighthouse in the fog, the luminous core of NGC 2768 slowly fades outwards to a dull white haze in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Astronomy
Dec 7, 2015
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Mother nature has a lot to teach us about how to make things.
Nanomaterials
Dec 7, 2015
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When NASA's Juno mission arrives at Jupiter on July 4, 2016, new views of the giant planet's swirling clouds will be sent back to Earth, courtesy of its color camera, called JunoCam. But unlike previous space missions, professional ...
Space Exploration
Dec 7, 2015
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Balsam Al-Dabbagh will graduate with a PhD in Information Systems, after dedicating four years to her research.
Economics & Business
Dec 7, 2015
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