Researchers at the University of Granada (UGR) have discovered that different types of seeds allow plants to adapt to environmental cycles as they evolve.
Ecology
Sep 21, 2017
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Human activities could change the pace of evolution, similar to what occurred 66 million years ago when a giant asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, leaving modern birds as their only descendants. That's one conclusion drawn ...
Evolution
Sep 21, 2017
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Hurricane forecasting depends heavily on government-funded satellites, allowing the communities in their path to prepare and evacuate. Those satellites, monitored and maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2017
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Rice University scientists have discovered a two-dimensional alloy with an optical bandgap that can be tuned by the temperature used to grow it.
Nanomaterials
Sep 21, 2017
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The crystal jellyfish swims off the coast of the Pacific Northwest and can illuminate the waters when disturbed. That glow comes from proteins that absorb energy and then release it as bright flashes.
Materials Science
Sep 21, 2017
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Two new studies from The University of Texas at Dallas' School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) examine different angles on the interaction between journalism and modern technology.
Economics & Business
Sep 21, 2017
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A Ph.D. researcher from the University of Southampton will closely monitor a population of rare lizards recently released back into the wild.
Ecology
Sep 21, 2017
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Built in a natural basin filled with the sediment of a former lake, Mexico City has proved particularly vulnerable to the devastating effects of earthquakes, seen once again with a 7.1-magnitude tremor on Tuesday that killed ...
Environment
Sep 21, 2017
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Some great ideas are born out of years of painstaking research. Others are gleaned from the plotline of the movie "Twister."
Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2017
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DNA replication is among life's most important processes, providing a way for an organism's genetic material to be reproduced so it can be passed from cell to cell. For the first time, scientists have characterized that process ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 21, 2017
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