The idea of being bitten by a nearly toothless modern frog or salamander sounds laughable, but their ancient ancestors had a full array of teeth, large fangs and thousands of tiny hook-like structures called denticles ...
Archaeology
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It's an unsung NASA program that started quietly nearly a decade ago with the promise to save lives and property worldwide.
Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2017
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(Phys.org)—Biological material such as bone and muscle tend to have a wide range of elasticity and rigidity that is different from synthetic materials. In general, with synthetic materials, as stiffness increases, elasticity ...
A Swiss consortium of companies is constructing the largest electric vehicle in the world – in record time. The prototype is not intended as a dainty little exhibition piece for trade fairs, but rather for hard labor in ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 14, 2017
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Astronomers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland and collaborators used the Hubble Space Telescope to study an exoplanet that had been observed losing its atmosphere, forming an enormous cloud of hydrogen and ...
Astronomy
Sep 14, 2017
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Southern Europe experienced a relentless heatwave this summer, fuelling wildfires in a number of countries.
Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2017
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Scientists have shed light on how tiny organisms flock together even when they are present in very low numbers.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 14, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers with Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia in Italy has created an earthquake warning system that reliably predicted a series of aftershocks after a major quake in Italy. In their ...
Scientists are racing against time to save Victoria's unique Baw Baw frog - facing extinction from a fungus threatening a third of Australia's frog species.
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2017
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Drones are not just for hobbyists, they have a new scientific application—indicating changes beneath the sea surface. MBARI researchers are exploring the possibilities of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to accompany ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2017
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