Cheese, cows and manure—systems approach makes tough decisions easier to digest
Wisconsin is known as America's Dairyland. More than one-third of all the cows in United States live on more than 3,000 farms in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin is known as America's Dairyland. More than one-third of all the cows in United States live on more than 3,000 farms in Wisconsin.
Environment
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Japanese scientists show that lazy ant workers step in to replace fatigued workers, improving colony long-term persistence.
Plants & Animals
Mar 13, 2017
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Initial findings from a UCLA-led nationwide survey of more than 10,000 adults reveal some of the differences and similarities among whites, blacks, Latinos and Asians when it comes to the White House agenda on immigration, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 13, 2017
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The 2012 movie Robot & Frank described a "near future" that would allow us to spend our golden years living "co-dependently independently," fulfilled by ever-present robot companions that could watch out for loss of balance ...
Robotics
Mar 13, 2017
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It is thought that animal life first arose during the Ediacaran Period, between 635 and 541 million years ago, but these organisms bore little resemblance to the animals we know today. That's led some scientists to believe ...
Earth Sciences
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A consortium of researchers from the worlds of museum, science and industry have developed a method to establish the extent to which titanium white – an important white pigment – is causing modern paintings to age. The ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 13, 2017
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Space is filling up with junk. "It's not like there's a storm of metal and if you venture into space you're going to get clobbered," says Professor Russell Boyce, Chair of Space Engineering at UNSW Canberra. "But the risk ...
Space Exploration
Mar 13, 2017
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A small roadside flowering tree introduced to South-East Asia from Latin America exhibits both antimicrobial and antifungal activity. Researchers at the University of the Philippines, Diliman analysed the leaves and stems ...
Ecology
Mar 13, 2017
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Scientists from the University of Liverpool's Institute of Infection and Global Health have shown that phage therapy could offer a safe and effective alternative to antibitotics in the treatment of cystic fibrosis lung infections.
Cell & Microbiology
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A team of Hokkaido University researchers has discovered a hitherto-unknown mechanism that detains transposable elements or "mobile genes" - which can move and insert into new positions in plant genomes.
Cell & Microbiology
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