National security laboratory selects first woman as director
The largest U.S. national security research and development laboratory announced Monday that for the first time a woman has been selected to run its operations.
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Jun 22, 2015
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Detecting exoplanets close to their host star: Astronomers develop breakthrough optical component
Astronomers have successfully commissioned a new type of optic that can reveal the image of an exoplanet next to its parent star. The 'vector Apodizing Phase Plate' (vector-APP) coronagraph was installed at the 6.5-m Magellan ...
Astronomy
Jun 22, 2015
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The challenge of measuring a bird brain
In research, sometimes setting out to demonstrate one concept actually results in proving something entirely different. It's important to be flexible.
Plants & Animals
Jun 22, 2015
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White House: Action needed now to slow climate change
Failure to act on climate change could cause an estimated 57,000 deaths a year in the United States from poor air quality by 2100, the Obama administration argued in a report released Monday that warns of dire effects of ...
Environment
Jun 22, 2015
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NASA sees the wind shear affecting Tropical Storm Kujira
NASA's Aqua satellite gathered infrared data on Tropical Storm Kujira as it moved in a northerly direction in the South China Sea on June 22. Infrared data showed strongest convection was displaced from the center by vertical ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 22, 2015
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Satellite movie shows Tropical Depression Bill's remnants exit US
The remnants of Tropical Depression Bill soaked a large part of the U.S. from Texas to Washington, D.C. before moving into the Atlantic Ocean. NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured the movement over several days.
Earth Sciences
Jun 22, 2015
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From Darwin to moramora ('take it easy'): Ten new subsocial spider species from Madagascar
Ten subsocial cobweb spider species were discovered in a research on nearly 400 Madagascan colonies, conducted by Dr. Agnarsson's team. Most of them are single forest endemics and belong to one genus, Anelosimus.
Plants & Animals
Jun 22, 2015
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Unpacking the mysteries of bacterial cell cycle regulation
As part of their long-term investigation of regulatory factors in the bacterial cell cycle, molecular biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst now report finding a surprising new role for one factor, CpdR, an ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 22, 2015
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The Southeast Pacific produces more nitrous oxide than previously thought
In addition to carbon dioxide there are plenty of other greenhouse gases. Nitrous oxide is one of them. However, a global assessment of emissions from the oceans is difficult because the measurement methods used so far have ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 22, 2015
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Research team evolves CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases with novel properties
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has found a way to expand the use and precision of the powerful gene-editing tools called CRISPR-Cas9 RNA-guided nucleases. In their report receiving advance online ...
Biotechnology
Jun 22, 2015
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