Visible imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed Tropical Storm Lee as a weak swirl of clouds around its center with most of its clouds and thunderstorms pushed east of its center.
Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2017
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Animals in the Goldilocks zone—neither too big, nor too small, but just the right size—face a lower risk of extinction than do those on both ends of the scale, according to an extensive global analysis.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2017
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Cells secrete nanoscale packets called exosomes that carry important messages from one part of the body to another. Scientists from MIT and other institutions have now devised a way to intercept these messages, which could ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 18, 2017
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Searching for water, some tree roots probe hundreds of feet deep and many trees send roots through cracks in rocks, according to a new study led by a Rutgers University-New Brunswick professor.
Biotechnology
Sep 18, 2017
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Catching a diversity of fish species—instead of specializing—means more stable income for fishers
Environment
Sep 18, 2017
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An international research team working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama knocked-out a single control gene in the DNA of seven different butterfly species. In the Sept. 18 Proceedings of the National ...
Evolution
Sep 18, 2017
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It's never long before the most advanced technology needs its own innovations. Additive manufacturing, the gold standard for innovative industry production, has reached that point. With its use steadily increasing, there ...
Engineering
Sep 18, 2017
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Earth just sweated through the third hottest August and summer on record.
Environment
Sep 18, 2017
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The PhD degree was established in Berlin 200 years ago and has spread across the world. Today there is a global tendency to follow the programs currently used either in the United States or in Continental Europe. A new study ...
Social Sciences
Sep 18, 2017
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In the old days, a slingshot, BB gun, rifle or cannon was only as smart as the marksman taking aim.
Engineering
Sep 18, 2017
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