Baboons in the wild are known for their highly strategic and hierarchical societies. So when it comes to decisions about where to go, one might expect that some bolshie individuals will direct the group through its habitat. ...
Plants & Animals
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You no longer have to look to science fiction to find the cyborg. We are all cyborgs now. Mobile phones, activity trackers, pacemakers, breast implants and even aspirins all act as biological, cognitive or social extensions ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 19, 2015
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(Phys.org)—One of the biggest difficulties in treating nail disease is finding a topical drug that adequately penetrates through the nail. While some improvements in nail drug delivery have been made, they have been slow-going ...
The Landsat-8 satellite captured this image of the San Francisco Bay Area in the US state of California on 5 March 2015.
Earth Sciences
Jun 19, 2015
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The International Whaling Commission (IWC) on Friday demanded that Japan provide more information to prove that its revised Antarctic whaling programme was for scientific research, saying it could not reach a consensus based ...
Ecology
Jun 19, 2015
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As a worldwide audience awaits images from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flyby of Pluto on July 14, NAU scientists already are supporting astronomers' understanding of the dwarf planet's surface.
Space Exploration
Jun 19, 2015
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Hollow heart disorder in watermelons affects growers throughout the United States and threatens the marketability of the fruit, which can lead to monetary losses.
Plants & Animals
Jun 19, 2015
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As universities around the world look for ways to guide student success, one Northern Arizona University professor has a novel approach.
Social Sciences
Jun 19, 2015
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A collaborative of Korean researchers has discovered the mechanism of photoluminescence (PL) loss from semiconductor nanoparticles called quantum dots (QDs) and proposed an effective method for stabilization of PL.
Nanophysics
Jun 19, 2015
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When the first guests arrive at Nagasaki's Hotel Henn Na in July this year, they will be greeted and served by robots. In a similar approach, Toshiba's android Aiko recently held a short-term role greeting customers at a ...
Robotics
Jun 19, 2015
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