Wyoming Stock Growers challenges sage grouse plans
The Wyoming Stock Growers Association has filed a legal challenge to a series of federal sage grouse plans, saying they overstep the government's authority.
Ecology
Oct 16, 2015
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Study questions dates for cataclysms on early moon, Earth
Phenomenally durable crystals called zircons are used to date some of the earliest and most dramatic cataclysms of the solar system. One is the super-duty collision that ejected material from Earth to form the moon roughly ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2015
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Is black phosphorous the next big thing in materials?
A new experimental revelation about black phosphorus nanoribbons should facilitate the future application of this highly promising material to electronic, optoelectronic and thermoelectric devices. A team of researchers at ...
Nanophysics
Oct 16, 2015
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Research boosts optical fiber data speeds
In the latest advance to boost the speed of the Internet, a research team including, the City College of New York, University of Southern California, University of Glasgow, and Corning Incorporated, has demonstrated a way ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 16, 2015
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Subtropical expedition will help forecast UK weather
To improve long-term understanding of weather and global environmental change, the Royal Research Ship Discovery is leaving Southampton tomorrow for a six week expedition to the Bahamas.
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2015
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Amazon's growing clout in cloud computing stirs questions
Retailers have long feared Amazon.com and the ease with which it has undermined the business of shopping on Main Street.
Business
Oct 16, 2015
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Discovery about protein structure opens window on basic life process
Biochemists at Oregon State University have made a fundamental discovery about protein structure that sheds new light on how proteins fold, which is one of the most basic processes of life.
Biochemistry
Oct 16, 2015
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Camels test positive for respiratory virus in Kenya
A new study has found that nearly half of camels in parts of Kenya have been infected by the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and calls for further research into the role they might play in the transmission ...
Ecology
Oct 16, 2015
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Animated characters help patients discuss ailments, levels of pain
The company's vision initially seems fanciful: Create applications for health care featuring animated characters that can understand language in all its complexity, from context to regional idioms, detect emotion and recognize ...
Business
Oct 16, 2015
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What Exxon knew about global warming's impact on the Arctic
Back in 1990, as the debate over climate change was heating up, a dissident shareholder petitioned the board of Exxon, one of the world's largest oil companies, imploring it to develop a plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions ...
Environment
Oct 16, 2015
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