NASA satellite finds 16W now subtropical
NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite found 16W was still being battered by wind shear after transitioning into an extra-tropical cyclone.
Earth Sciences
Aug 1, 2018
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Newly discovered crossbill species numbers few
As might be expected for a recently discovered bird species in the continental United States—only the second in nearly 80 years—the Cassia Crossbill (Loxia sinesciuris) is range-restricted. It occurs in just two small ...
Ecology
Aug 1, 2018
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Yeast still grow—but can't always breed—when their sixteen chromosomes are fused into two
Baker's yeast survive and grow after a drastic reorganization, not of their genes, but of the chromosome superstructures that house, protect and control access to their DNA code, a study just published in Nature finds.
Biotechnology
Aug 1, 2018
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Wealthy nations responsible for almost all of trackable industrial fishing across the global oceans
As the global population booms, equitable access to healthy food sources is more important than ever. But, a study conducted by researchers at UC Santa Barbara shows that wealthy countries' industrial fishing fleets dominate ...
Ecology
Aug 1, 2018
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New technique uses templates to guide self-folding 3-D structures
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique to control self-folding three-dimensional (3-D) structures. Specifically, the researchers use templates to constrain deformation in certain selected ...
Materials Science
Aug 1, 2018
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Advanced microscopy technique reveals new aspects of water at the nanoscale level
A new microscopy technique developed at the University of Illinois at Chicago allows researchers to visualize liquids at the nanoscale level—about 10 times more resolution than with traditional transmission electron microscopy—for ...
Nanophysics
Aug 1, 2018
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New competition for MOFs: Scientists make stronger COFs
Hollow molecular structures known as COFs (covalent organic frameworks), which could serve as selective filters or containers for other substances and have many other potential uses, also tend to suffer from an inherent problem: ...
Condensed Matter
Aug 1, 2018
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Harmful dyes in lakes, rivers can become colorless with new, sponge-like material
Dyes are widely used in industries such as textiles, cosmetics, food processing, papermaking and plastics. Globally, we produce about 700,000 metric tons—the weight of two Empire State Buildings—of dye each year to color ...
Materials Science
Aug 1, 2018
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Scientists identify exoplanets where life could develop as it did on Earth
Scientists have identified a group of planets outside our solar system where the same chemical conditions that may have led to life on Earth exist.
Astronomy
Aug 1, 2018
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Industrial fisheries' expansion impacts 90 per cent of the global ocean, causes massive catch decline
Industrial fishing fleets have doubled the distance they travel to fishing grounds since 1950 but catch only a third of what they did 65 years ago per kilometre travelled, a new study has found.
Ecology
Aug 1, 2018
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