Shares of Australian software maker Atlassian soar in IPO
Shares of Atlassian soared more than 30 percent in their U.S. stock market debut Thursday, valuing the Australian software maker at $5.8 billion.
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NASA tests ICESat-2's laser aim
Close enough doesn't cut it in the spacecraft assembly cleanroom at NASA Goddard's Space Flight Center, where engineers are building an elevation-measuring instrument to fly on the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 ...
Space Exploration
Dec 10, 2015
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Continued decline of the northern spotted owl associated with the invasive barred owl, habitat loss
Northern spotted owl populations are declining in all parts of their range in the Pacific Northwest, according to research published in The Condor. Based on data from 11 study areas across Washington, Oregon and northern ...
Ecology
Dec 10, 2015
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Trees either hunker down or press on in a drying and warming western US climate
In the face of adverse conditions, people might feel tempted by two radically different options—hunker down and wait for conditions to improve, or press on and hope for the best. It would seem that trees employ similar ...
Environment
Dec 10, 2015
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Functions of global ocean microbiome key to understanding environmental changes
The billions of marine microorganisms present in every liter of seawater represent a structured ecological community that regulates how the Earth functions in practically every way, from energy consumption to respiration. ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2015
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BEMR: A new reality for the future force
New virtual-reality capabilities emerging at the Battlespace Exploitation of Mixed Reality—or BEMR—Lab, in San Diego, California, will make dramatic impacts across the Navy and Marine Corps, including advancements in ...
Engineering
Dec 10, 2015
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Quick clean-up: New process turns decades into hours for mining-water purification
Cleaning up the water left over from mining operations can literally take generations - 25 to 50 years on average - leaving billions of gallons of the precious resource locked up and useless.
Environment
Dec 10, 2015
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Montreal bans single-use plastic bags as of 2018
Greater Montreal announced Thursday a ban on non-biodegradable, single-use plastic bags starting in 2018, in the largest of its kind proscription in Canada, while urging other major cities around the world to follow suit.
Environment
Dec 10, 2015
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Heat radiates 10,000 times faster at the nanoscale
When heat travels between two objects that aren't touching, it flows differently at the smallest scales—distances on the order of the diameter of DNA, or 1/50,000 of a human hair.
Nanophysics
Dec 10, 2015
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Effective, selective tweets can advance research from lab to policymakers
Many science researchers struggle with translating their research findings to legislative policies and health practices, causing the majority of new findings to remain largely inside the scientific community. With more than ...
Economics & Business
Dec 10, 2015
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