Shark bite incidents are rare but traumatic. They're usually followed by calls for mitigation strategies, some of which are dangerous or lethal to sharks—despite the fact most sharks are timid and actively avoid people.
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2021
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Extremely powerful winds swept across a large part of the U.S. on Dec. 15, 2021, hitting several states with hurricane-force gusts. Record temperatures helped generate tornadoes in Iowa, winds spread grass fires and dust ...
Environment
Dec 16, 2021
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A team modeled plasma turbulence on the nation's fastest supercomputer to better understand plasma behavior
Plasma Physics
Dec 16, 2021
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The next generation of superconducting magnets has the potential to revolutionize fields such as energy storage, particle accelerators and medicine. The magic behind these tools lies in the high-temperature superconducting ...
Superconductivity
Dec 16, 2021
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Social media was used to both spread misinformation and for fact-checking during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study which explores how individuals perceive and make sense of information they encounter ...
Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2021
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During the night of December 10, 2021, severe weather tore through several US states, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. At least 70 tornado-like events were reported, and one storm cell was ...
Environment
Dec 16, 2021
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Tiny parasitic mites, which are one the greatest threats to the honeybee, frequently send remarkably strong vibrational pulses into the surface they reside on, a new study has revealed.
Ecology
Dec 16, 2021
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We can't understand polarization unless we analyze it as a complex system, argue SFI External Professor Scott Page (University of Michigan) and co-author Delia Baldassarri in a commentary for a special feature on the dynamics ...
Political science
Dec 16, 2021
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Within complex tissues such as cancer tumors, individual cells can vary widely from each other. Internally, cancer cells can develop unique DNA mutations and genomic changes, potentially leading to drug resistance, metastasis, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 16, 2021
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University of Cincinnati researchers have developed a sensor that detects toxins from algal blooms that taint surface water such as rivers, lakes and streams. Early detection of these toxins can aid water treatment plants ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 16, 2021
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