Researchers have created a new magnetic mirror-based device that could one day help cosmologists discover new details about ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves, particularly those emitted when the universe ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 13, 2016
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Snapchat rolled out a feature Tuesday for group chats with up to 16 people as the fast-growing social network sought to broaden its services ahead of an expected share offering.
Internet
Dec 13, 2016
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It may be a jilted lover looking for payback after a breakup. Or it could be a hacker releasing intimate images of a celebrity.
Security
Dec 13, 2016
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Scientists have named two new clades, or tribes, of horned dinosaurs (ceratopsians) based on fossils collected from the United States and Alberta, Canada. The new tribes are Nasutoceratopsini and Centrosaurini. Research describing ...
Archaeology
Dec 13, 2016
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Defendants charged with murder in North Carolina from 1990 to 2009 were more than twice as likely to receive the death penalty if the victims were white, Michigan State University researchers have found.
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2016
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The loss of fertile topsoil from agricultural fields is an economic problem for modern farmers. When runoff water washes topsoil from agricultural fields in areas with claypan soils under the topsoil, including parts of Missouri, ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2016
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All work and no play may dull on-the-job learning at workplaces, according to a team of researchers.
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2016
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Deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine) in wildlife is previously known as a problem among certain species within relatively limited geographical areas. Now, researchers at Stockholm University, together with several other research ...
Ecology
Dec 13, 2016
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Vanilla is more than a standby ice cream flavor. It's used to flavor approximately 18,000 food products worldwide and in nearly every sweet you can think of. But a shortage of vanilla beans and a rising demand for them means ...
Other
Dec 13, 2016
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Researchers from the University of Lincoln are embarking on a major new study to work out the true economic cost of coastal flooding and how farmland damaged by saltwater can best be brought back into use to support Lincolnshire's ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2016
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