A Cornell program is reimagining kale – its color, shape and even flavor – in a bid to breed the naturally biodiverse vegetable for consumer satisfaction.
Biotechnology
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The Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over the Gibson Desert in Western Australia in this false-colour image.
Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2016
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Sometimes science can be serendipitous.
General Physics
Nov 18, 2016
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As Rosetta's comet approached its most active period last year, the spacecraft spotted carbon dioxide ice – never before seen on a comet – followed by the emergence of two unusually large patches of water ice.
Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2016
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In some parts of western Canada, small-to-moderate earthquakes have been induced by oil and gas hydraulic fracturing operations. In Alberta, this type of induced seismicity is mainly concentrated within an area located about ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2016
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Since social scientists and economists began measuring poverty, the definition has never strayed far from a discussion of income.
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2016
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New research at the University of Arkansas shows that arginine – one of 20 common amino acids – does not change its positive charge when inserted into the lipid environment of the cell membrane.
Biochemistry
Nov 18, 2016
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In two recent publications in the Journal of Chemical Physics and in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, researchers led by Melanie Schnell from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter at ...
Materials Science
Nov 18, 2016
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An international team of astrophysicists including Russian scientists from the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), MIPT, and Pulkovo Observatory of RAS has detected an abrupt decrease of pulsar ...
Astronomy
Nov 18, 2016
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When it comes to purging fossil fuels from the global economy by mid-century—our only hope of staving off catastrophic climate change—it turns out that you can't get there from here without a good map.
Environment
Nov 18, 2016
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