Image: Seeing an X-plane's sonic boom
When NASA's next X-plane takes to the skies, it will produce some pretty cool images.
Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2017
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China's scholastic success could begin with storybooks, research suggests
The lessons from childhood storybooks are decidedly different in China and the United States, and align with the lessons the respective countries impart in the classroom, UC Riverside research finds.
Social Sciences
Dec 19, 2017
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How tall trees move sugars
Scientists have long assumed that the sugars that nourish trees are pushed by water pressure from the leaves where they are created to the stems and roots where they are needed.
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2017
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The missing link between exploding stars, clouds, and climate on Earth
A breakthrough in the understanding of how cosmic rays from supernovae can influence Earth's cloud cover and therefore its climate is published today in the journal Nature Communications. The study reveals that atmospheric ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2017
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Mystery of the Star of Bethlehem unlikely to be resolved
For many years some astronomers, working under the assumption that the Star of Bethlehem was in fact an actual celestial object, have suggested possible astrophysical explanations.
Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2017
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Molecular knot wins record for 'world's tightest'
Scientists at The University of Manchester are celebrating after becoming record breakers and officially being awarded a Guinness World Record for tying the tightest knot ever produced.
Materials Science
Dec 19, 2017
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Statistical modeling helps fisheries managers remove invasive species
Reeling in a big fish and discovering it's a common carp is often a disappointing experience for anglers. "They're an invasive species," explained South Dakota State University fisheries scientist Michael Brown. One of the ...
Ecology
Dec 19, 2017
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Travel back in time to see iconic St Andrews building as it appeared 500 years ago
Historic buildings at the heart of St Andrews have been digitally reconstructed to reveal how they looked nearly 500 years ago before the Reformation changed the face of the town forever.
Archaeology
Dec 19, 2017
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Simple one-pot synthesis of druggable tricyclic peptides
Chemists at the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) and Pepscan (Lelystad) have developed a new methodology for locking linear peptides into highly rigidified tricyclic structures ...
Biochemistry
Dec 19, 2017
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Genetic variability supports plant survival during droughts
In the first study to predict whether different populations of the same plant species can adapt to climate change, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology find that central European ones die first.
Ecology
Dec 19, 2017
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