Researchers at New Mexico State University in the US have investigated extraordinary optical transmission in a plasmonic cavity. The device they have developed features a hybrid surface plasmon polariton/Fabry-Pérot cavity, ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 20, 2014
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Designated wilderness areas provide important habitat for five of Wyoming's migratory big-game species, according to a first-of-its-kind mapping project involving wildlife researchers at the University of Wyoming and cartographers ...
Ecology
Nov 20, 2014
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that outbreaks of plague in Madagascar are linked to a naturally occurring climate event in the tropical Pacific.
Environment
Nov 20, 2014
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How old are you? There's the biological answer, of course, but a cultural perspective gives us another way to respond. If we believe Robert Harrison, a professor of Italian literature at Stanford, people in our society are ...
Social Sciences
Nov 20, 2014
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The use of molecular-assisted alpha taxonomy (MAAT) has helped to distinguish species of the Bossiella genus of red algae. Whereas a morphological study showed four Bossiella species in the eastern Pacific Ocean, this genetic ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 20, 2014
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(Phys.org) —NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has completed a reconnaissance "walkabout" of the first outcrop it reached at the base of the mission's destination mountain and has begun a second pass examining selected rocks in ...
Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2014
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A team of Lockheed Martin and Kaman unmanned aircraft successfully demonstrated its ability to aid in firefighting operations. During the demonstration, the Indago quad rotor effectively identified hot spots, and provided ...
Robotics
Nov 20, 2014
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The destruction of rainforests in Southeast Asia and increasingly in Africa to make way for palm oil cultivation is a "direct threat" to the survival of great apes such as the orangutan, environmentalists warned Thursday.
Ecology
Nov 20, 2014
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The series of "Harry Potter" fantasy books was the inspiration for the naming of a new insect discovered by NDSU researchers. The species of stink bug was named "Thestral incognitus," after the imaginary thestrals created ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 20, 2014
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Australian retailers will soon adopt 'social currency' campaigns to launch new products, penetrate new markets and create loyalty by enlisting your social market friendsand followers to spread the word.
Internet
Nov 20, 2014
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