Researchers at Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have harnessed the power of carbon dioxide to make two symmetrical star-shaped molecules in a single step. These molecules could be used to build ...
Materials Science
May 17, 2017
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The risk of more severe storms and cyclones in the highly urbanised coastal areas of Newcastle, Sydney and Wollongong might not be acute, but it is a real future threat with the further warming of the southern Pacific Ocean. ...
Environment
May 17, 2017
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Scientists in Japan have designed a synthetic molecule that gives new insight into how a destructive weed might be detecting its host crops.
Biotechnology
May 17, 2017
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The rise of the internet has greatly changed journalism over the last few decades, altering how newspapers deliver content and how journalists practice their profession.
Social Sciences
May 17, 2017
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A new species of fungus gnat in Indian amber closely resembles its fossil relatives from Europe, disproving the concept of a strongly isolated Indian subcontinent.
Paleontology & Fossils
May 17, 2017
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London-based scientists have elucidated the structure of a large fragment of a bacterial protein, known as WipA, which is secreted by Legionella pneumophila. The work, recently published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, ...
Biochemistry
May 17, 2017
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On May 13, 2017, Patrick Wiggins, public outreach educator for the University of Utah's Department of Physics & Astronomy, and NASA solar system ambassador to Utah, spotted something unusual in the sky. He was looking at ...
Astronomy
May 17, 2017
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Coating chimney flues and diesel exhaust pipes, black carbon leaves a sooty footprint on Earth. But how to track its travel through the atmosphere?
Earth Sciences
May 17, 2017
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Researchers in the U.S. and Japan say they may have found the cause of the first mass extinction of life on Earth.
Earth Sciences
May 17, 2017
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About 89.5 million acres of soybeans will be planted across the United States in 2017—a record high, according to the USDA. Research published in the April 2017 issue of Pest Management Science indicates that many of these ...
Ecology
May 17, 2017
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