On Charles Darwin's 207th birthday, a new study of evolution in a diverse group of wild tomatoes is shedding light on the importance of genetic variation in plants.
Evolution
Feb 12, 2016
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University of California, Berkeley, scientists are releasing a free Android app that taps a smartphone's ability to record ground shaking from an earthquake, with the goal of creating a worldwide seismic detection network ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 12, 2016
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Twelve years ago, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched a spacecraft with a very precious cargo—a robot laboratory designed to land on a comet and photograph, prod and sniff its surface.
Space Exploration
Feb 12, 2016
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Average neighborhood income may play a role in creating food deserts in cities of all sizes, according to a Kansas State University study.
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2016
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Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have developed a new technology to detect disease biomarkers in the form of nucleic acids, the building blocks of all living organisms.
Bio & Medicine
Feb 12, 2016
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New research shows that more than 5.5 million people die prematurely every year due to household and outdoor air pollution. More than half of deaths occur in two of the world's fastest growing economies, China and India.
Environment
Feb 12, 2016
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Nisha Paige isn't shy. Not online, anyway.
Internet
Feb 12, 2016
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14
AT&T announced plans Friday to begin testing a superfast fifth generation, or 5G, mobile network with speeds up to 100 times faster than the most rapid existing connections.
Telecom
Feb 12, 2016
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Is your boss ethical? Does he or she do what's right, as opposed to what's profitable?
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2016
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13
Heterostructures formed by different three-dimensional semiconductors form the foundation for modern electronic and photonic devices. Now, University of Washington scientists have successfully combined two different ultrathin ...
Nanophysics
Feb 12, 2016
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