A Purdue University study has mapped a complex series of pathways that control the shape of plant cells. The findings are an important step toward customizing how plants grow to suit particular agronomic needs and improving ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 20, 2018
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Technicians ensure James Webb Space Telescope's sunshield survives stresses experienced during liftoff
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2018
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As astronomer Carl Sagan famously said, "We are made of star stuff." So to better understand ourselves, we must look out into the galaxy.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2018
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Storm chasing takes luck and patience on Earth—and even more so on Mars.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2018
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The high resolution stereo camera on board ESA's Mars Express captured this impressive upwelling front of dust clouds – visible in the right half of the frame – near the north polar ice cap of Mars in April this year.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2018
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To achieve success in agriculture, large expenditures are required for irrigation, fertilizing, pest control, etc. However, these costs are not always justified, since plants growing in different parts of the field can differ ...
Other
Jul 20, 2018
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An international team of researchers extended their results from a previous study to directly measure the cosmic-ray all-electron (electron + positron) spectrum in an energy range from 11 GeV to 4.8 TeV with the Calorimetric ...
General Physics
Jul 20, 2018
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There is good news for small and medium-sized baking businesses and amateur bakers of cakes, muffins and pastries made in extravagant shapes. A system designed by a University of Cordoba Belmez Polytechnic School research ...
Materials Science
Jul 20, 2018
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The research group ARDITEC from the Higher Technical School of Building Engineering at the University of Seville has led a pioneering European project to calculate the environmental impact of residential buildings via the ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2018
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Studies indicate that more than 95 percent of researchers in the life sciences are already working with big data or plan to do so—but more than 65 percent state that they only have minimal knowledge of bioinformatics and ...
Other
Jul 20, 2018
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