Yale University scientists have answered a 40-year-old question about Arctic ice thickness by treating the ice floes of the frozen seas like colliding molecules in a fluid or gas.
General Physics
Sep 17, 2015
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Facebook has activated a geolocation tool allowing people in Chile to reassure friends and loved ones after a powerful magnitude 8.3 quake shook the country, killing at least eight.
Internet
Sep 17, 2015
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Earth's record-breaking heat is sounding an awful lot like a broken record.
Environment
Sep 17, 2015
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new material that combines both electrical and magnetic order at room temperature, using a design approach which may enable the development of low-energy computer ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 17, 2015
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The 'Red Dawn' dust storm which enveloped Sydney in 2009 left more than just a huge clean-up bill in its wake. Griffith researchers have shown for the first time that the Tasman Sea marine ecosystem was also affected by the ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 17, 2015
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Researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on September 17 have found that sponges build their skeletons in a completely different way than other animals do. In fact, the building process looks a lot ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2015
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Inconsistent funding for research into the pests and diseases that threaten key crops leaves global food supplies vulnerable, according to a University of Minnesota-led report published in today's edition of the journal Nature ...
Biotechnology
Sep 17, 2015
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During their first Gernsheim dig last year, Frankfurt University archaeologists suspected that a small Roman settlement must have also existed here in the Hessian Ried. Now they have discovered clear relics of a Roman village, ...
Archaeology
Sep 17, 2015
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When the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to slow down a speeding economy—effectively raising the price of money—banks often sell down their stockpile of securities to keep the financial assembly lines going. That's ...
Economics & Business
Sep 17, 2015
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A new study published this week in Nature's Scientific Reports reveals the importance of omega-3 fatty acids for the health of the ocean.
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2015
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