Western pond turtles in Sequoia National Park and other California remote wildlands have been exposed to an assortment of agricultural and industrial contaminants, according to a study from the National Park Service and the ...
Ecology
Apr 21, 2016
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Devon residents are being asked to record cuckoos seen or heard in the county as part of an ongoing conservation project that has received 2,000 reports of the species by the general public in the last two years.
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2016
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Plant experts in the Netherlands can still become enthusiastic about a special variety of broomrape. Farmers in southern countries, however, are less impressed because broomrape and its 'sister' striga are considered a harmful ...
Biotechnology
Apr 21, 2016
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The Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM mission core satellite provides next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) co-manage the ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 21, 2016
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Long shadows cast across the snow give a frosty view of the covered domes of Europe's most northerly ground station, as seen by the smallest camera on ESA's veteran Proba-1 minisatellite.
Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2016
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The LEAFY protein, a transcription factor responsible for flower development, is able to assemble itself in small chains made up of several proteins. This mechanism allows it to bind to and activate regions of the genome ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 21, 2016
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Since 1989, 74 people who were convicted of serious crimes, in large part due to microscopic hair comparisons, were later exonerated by post-conviction DNA analysis.
Other
Apr 21, 2016
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A new study by twelve international and Indonesian NGOs shows that in spite of its high-profile commitment to "zero deforestation", Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) is building one of the world's largest pulp mills in the Indonesian ...
Environment
Apr 21, 2016
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(Phys.org)—Using the SuperWASP-South Observatory in South Africa, a team of European astronomers has discovered seven new giant planets orbiting distant stars. According to a new study, the smallest of the newly detected ...
A peer-reviewed paper based on the study was published recently on the cover of the journal ACS Photonics.
Nanophysics
Apr 21, 2016
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