Understanding what makes black pigment black
Scientists have for the first time "unmixed" the black pigment that colors our skin and gives bananas their spots.
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 19, 2019
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Research participation goes virtual with new online platform
Two recent Queen's University graduates are addressing a problem that has plagued clinical researchers for years—how to make it easy and convenient for members of the public to get involved in research. Luc Pelletier and ...
Other
Dec 19, 2019
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Hand anatomy has no influence on emotional reactions during stone tool handling
Within the framework of electrodermography studies applied to cognitive archaeology, the Paleoneurology team of the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), led by Emiliano Bruner, has published ...
Other
Dec 19, 2019
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Natural causes are the key driver of change in Athabasca Delta flood patterns, research shows
Natural environmental processes—not upstream energy projects—are the primary cause of changing flood patterns in Alberta's Athabasca Delta, new research shows.
Environment
Dec 19, 2019
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Southern California city presses forward on climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies
The state of New York may have suffered an emphatic defeat in a legal battle against ExxonMobil last week, but that has not deterred the city of Imperial Beach from pursuing its own lawsuit looking to force 18 energy companies ...
Environment
Dec 19, 2019
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Ski tourism may disappear if climate commitments not met
As the longest United Nations climate talks on record end with a compromise in Madrid, new research from the University of Waterloo has found that higher emission reduction pledges consistent with the Paris Climate Agreement ...
Environment
Dec 19, 2019
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Researchers print rainbow colorants on shimmering chocolate
ETH researchers are making chocolates shimmer in rainbow colors without the addition of colorants. They have found a way to imprint a special structure on the surface of the chocolate to create a targeted color effect.
Materials Science
Dec 19, 2019
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Fossil expands ancient fish family tree
A second ancient lungfish has been discovered in Africa, adding another piece to the jigsaw of evolving aquatic life forms more than 400 million years ago.
Archaeology
Dec 19, 2019
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Math model helps rangers protect national parks despite tight budgets
Mathematics can help reduce poaching and illegal logging in national parks, researchers have found.
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2019
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1 ranch, 26 wolves killed: Fight over endangered predators divides ranchers and conservationists
When Washington ranchers find that gray wolves have attacked their cattle, they can call the state wildlife agency, which has killed 31 of the protected predators since 2012 under a program intended to save vulnerable livestock.
Ecology
Dec 19, 2019
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