Sufficient food vital for functioning ram sperm
An animal biologist says poor nutrition results in genetic damage to sperm cells and lower sperm motility for rams.
Plants & Animals
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Testing the shelf-life of nuclear reactors
Researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls and TerraPower based in Bellevue, Washington, have demonstrated the power of high-energy beams of ...
Materials Science
Aug 20, 2014
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Abusive leadership infects entire team
Supervisors who are abusive to individual employees can actually throw the entire work team into conflict, hurting productivity, finds new research led by a Michigan State University business scholar.
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2014
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Researchers find security flaws in backscatter X-ray scanners
A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego, the University of Michigan, and Johns Hopkins University have discovered several security vulnerabilities in full-body backscatter X-ray scanners deployed ...
Engineering
Aug 20, 2014
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Curiosity brushes 'Bonanza king' target anticipating fourth red planet rock drilling
Eagerly eyeing her next drill site on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover laid the groundwork by brushing the chosen rock target called 'Bonanza King' on Wednesday, Aug. 17, Sol 722, with the Dust Removal Tool (DRT) and collecting ...
Space Exploration
Aug 20, 2014
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Is falling recycling rate due to 'green fatigue'?
It's been suggested that a recent fall in recycling rates is due to green fatigue, caused by the confusing number of recycling bins presented to householders for different materials. Recycling rates would rise, according ...
Environment
Aug 20, 2014
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Burundi farmers teach each other how to farm more efficiently
In July, an open day was held in the village communities of Makebuko and Bukirasazi in Burundi. The aim was to demonstrate the success of SCAD, a collaborative project set up by Alterra, Achmea and HealthNetTPO, which employs ...
Environment
Aug 20, 2014
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For the first time scientists map elevation changes of Greenlandic and Antarctic glaciers
"The new elevation maps are snapshots of the current state of the ice sheets. The elevations are very accurate, to just a few metres in height, and cover close to 16 million km2 of the area of the ice sheets. This is 500,000 ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 20, 2014
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Research paves way for development of cyborg moth 'biobots'
North Carolina State University researchers have developed methods for electronically manipulating the flight muscles of moths and for monitoring the electrical signals moths use to control those muscles. The work opens the ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 20, 2014
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Australian amateur Terry Lovejoy discovers new comet
It's confirmed! Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy just discovered his fifth comet, C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). He found it August 17th using a Celestron C8 fitted with a CCD camera at his roll-off roof observatory in Brisbane, ...
Space Exploration
Aug 20, 2014
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