Five years ago, the largest single release of human-made radioactive discharge to the marine environment resulted from an accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. Approximately 80 percent of the fallout ...
Environment
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A simple vibration test can help oil and gas companies prevent pipeline spills in a way that is faster and cheaper than conventional methods, a UBC study shows.
Engineering
Oct 18, 2016
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"One Dance," Drake's omnipresent song of the summer in North America, has broken the record to become the most streamed song ever on Spotify.
Internet
Oct 18, 2016
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Supertyphoon Haima continues to move toward the Philippines and NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image of the storm that revealed a clear eye.
Earth Sciences
Oct 18, 2016
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When Americans cast their vote for the next President of the United States, the candidates' personalities may matter more to voters than their stances on international trade. In an Opinion published October 18 in Trends in ...
Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2016
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While the last species of the termite genus Proneotermes has been discovered more than a hundred years ago, now scientists have discovered a new and a third one. Part of the fauna living in the dry forests in Colombia, its ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2016
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Droplets in space can grow freakishly large and bounce off nonwetting surfaces in truly unearthly ways. Astronauts frequently encounter huge droplets, and Scott Kelly recently demonstrated their unusual behavior aboard the ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 18, 2016
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Polymers are very large molecules consisting of thousands, even millions, of atoms bonded together in a repeating pattern similar to a chain. They make up many of the things around us we consider part of our everyday lives, ...
Polymers
Oct 18, 2016
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Ancient DNA research has revealed that Ice Age cave artists recorded a previously unknown hybrid species of bison and cattle in great detail on cave walls more than 15,000 years ago.
Archaeology
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A technology company says it's fixed a problem that had prevented travelers from booking trips with some U.S. airlines this week.
Other
Oct 18, 2016
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