The world's coral reefs are undoubtedly in deep trouble. But as we and our colleagues argue in a review published today in Nature, we shouldn't give up hope for coral reefs, despite the pervasive doom and gloom.
Environment
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Every chemical substance absorbs a very individual fraction of infrared light. Like a human fingerprint, this absorption can be used with optical methods for identifying substances. Such methods are used in the chemical industry, ...
Engineering
Jun 1, 2017
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Wind turbines rise into the sky on enormous feet. To ensure these giants can reliably generate electricity for many years to come, the iron processing industry must manufacture their massive components in a stable, resource-saving ...
Engineering
Jun 1, 2017
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Last February, record storms and snowmelt threatened to overwhelm the two spillways of California's Oroville reservoir, the tallest dam in the United States. With less than an hour's notice, nearly 200,000 people were evacuated ...
Environment
Jun 1, 2017
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In Switzerland, more than 30,000 different substances are used on a daily basis in innumerable products – pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, cleaning agents or industrial chemicals. Many of these substances find their way – ...
Environment
Jun 1, 2017
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The higher the concentration of tumor cells in the bloodstream, the greater the risk of metastasis. The number of circulating tumor cells indicates how well a patient is responding to therapy. Fraunhofer researchers have ...
Engineering
Jun 1, 2017
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Nagoya University researchers identified combined function for Drosophila protein in launching and maintaining a process enabling chromatids to pair during DNA replication.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 1, 2017
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When different laboratories test the same accelerometer, such as the one in your smartphone, they often come up with very different values. There are several possible reasons: Perhaps the axes of the gimbal system used in ...
General Physics
Jun 1, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A large team of researchers with members from China, the U.K., the U.S. and Japan has developed a material that can switch between multiple phases with distinct electronic, optical and magnetic properties. In ...
Rising sea levels and more frequent flooding events may drive coastal nesting birds around the world to extinction, a team of international researchers say following their 20-year study of Eurasian oystercatchers.
Ecology
Jun 1, 2017
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