If you're a gardener, you may not be too thrilled when insects, rabbits, fungi and other plant-eaters nibble their way through your world. But in two recent papers published in the journals Ecology and Ecology Letters, University ...
Ecology
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Outside my office window, two skilled workers complete a hard and dirty job. They're cutting the felled trunk of a tree into small enough pieces to be thrown into the back of a truck with the rest of the chipped remains. ...
Environment
Aug 9, 2018
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In a new steel plant under construction, the waste gases generated in steelmaking will be used to produce an eco-friendly transport fuel.
Environment
Aug 9, 2018
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The federal Clean Air Act and associated environmental regulations have driven steep declines in air pollution emissions over the past several decades, even as U.S. manufacturers increased production, a study by two University ...
Environment
Aug 9, 2018
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Tourists considering overseas travel 'trust' a destination like London would provide a positive experience, says new research from QUT researchers.
Economics & Business
Aug 9, 2018
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Among its many useful traits, the federally endangered snail kite helps wildlife managers gauge whether the Florida Everglades has sufficient water. That's one reason University of Florida scientists closely monitor the birds' ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 9, 2018
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One enigma that has perplexed scientists is how new particles form in the atmosphere. They know how aerosols can grow into sizes large enough to seed cloud droplets, but those same theories fail to explain how the initial ...
Materials Science
Aug 9, 2018
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Osaka University-led researchers demonstrated that the perturbation of laser imprinting on a capsule for nuclear fusion fuel made from stiff and heavy materials was mitigated. Using the latest chemical vapor deposition (CVD) ...
Plasma Physics
Aug 9, 2018
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The University of Texas at Arlington has patented a smart skin, created by a UTA researcher, that will give robots more sensitive tactile feeling than humans.
Robotics
Aug 9, 2018
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The Earth discovered it was living in a new slice of time called the Meghalayan Age in July 2018. But the announcement by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) confused and angered scientists all around the ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 9, 2018
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