The National Climate Assessment, released recently by the White House, describes a troubling array of climate woes currently affecting the United States—from intense droughts and heat waves to more extreme precipitation ...
Environment
Jun 9, 2014
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Australia's wild rice could be the key to global food security, according to The University of Queensland's leading plant geneticist.
Biotechnology
Jun 9, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Ground-breaking new sensing technologies in the world's first 'smart tunnel' are providing engineers with an inexpensive and efficient method of monitoring, maintaining and protecting the UK's infrastructure, ...
Engineering
Jun 9, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Don't touch that paper towel! High-speed hand dryers are cleaner, more environmentally friendly and save a bundle over time.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 9, 2014
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This timelapse video shows the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft during roll out from its MIK preparation building, raising the launcher into its vertical liftoff position on the launch pad, and the launch 28 May 2014 from the Russian ...
Space Exploration
Jun 9, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A new method for coupling together secondary and tertiary boronic esters to aromatic compounds which preserves the 3-D shape of the boronic ester is described by researchers from the University of Bristol in ...
Materials Science
Jun 9, 2014
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For the first time, ESA is providing regular space-weather reports for a spacecraft orbiting another planet.
Space Exploration
Jun 9, 2014
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More than half the world's coral reefs have died since the dawn of the industrial age, due to human activities and ever increasing ocean temperatures. Stanford's Steve Palumbi has a plan for bringing them back to life.
Environment
Jun 9, 2014
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Evolutionary biologists have long held up songbirds, particularly the Galapagos finches first described by Charles Darwin, as an example of natural selection at work. In order to exploit different environments and food sources, ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 9, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Wouldn't it be nice to use solar- or wind-generated electricity to turn excess carbon dioxide—one of the gases trapping heat in Earth's atmosphere—into fuels and other useful chemicals? The process would ...
Materials Science
Jun 9, 2014
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