Humpback whales can migrate thousands of miles to reach feeding grounds each year, but a new study concludes that their fidelity to certain local habitats - as passed on through the generations - and the protection of these ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 17, 2016
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A team of UCF researchers has produced the most efficient quantum cascade laser ever designed - and done it in a way that makes the lasers easier to manufacture.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 17, 2016
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In recent years, a class of highly absorbent, nanoporous materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as a promising material for carbon capture in power plants. But finding the optimal MOF to do the best ...
Materials Science
Oct 17, 2016
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Scientists are pursuing a tiny solution for harnessing one of the world's most abundant sources of clean energy: Water.
Materials Science
Oct 17, 2016
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Pathogenic bacteria use small RNA molecules to adapt to their environment. Infection researchers from Würzburg have now pinpointed a protein involved in regulating the activity of these molecules.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 17, 2016
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Professors Ian Reaney, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Lenny Koh, Management School, undertook the first comparative life cycle analysis of piezoelectric materials as part of an EPSRC project. Their findings ...
Engineering
Oct 17, 2016
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A study published today in Ecology Letters adds to a growing body of work examining the relationship between harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico and agricultural runoff. The article focuses on water chemistry, specifically ...
Environment
Oct 17, 2016
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With recent studies proving that almost everyone has a little bit of Neanderthal DNA in them——up to 5 percent of the human genome—- it's become clear our ancestors not only had some serious hominid 'hanky panky' going ...
Archaeology
Oct 17, 2016
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A smartwatch is capable of detecting and distinguishing a variety of taps, flicks and scratches by the hands and fingers, and all that's required is a software upgrade that repurposes the device's existing accelerometer, ...
Engineering
Oct 17, 2016
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A Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology research team led by Professor Su-Il In, who developed acupuncture needles combined with nanotechnology, was recognized as the world's first application of this technology. ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 17, 2016
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