Museum launches tree identification app
Leafsnap UK, a collaboration between Museum botanists and US software developers, could revolutionise summer walks.
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Why dogs are the new darlings of cognitive science
This will be his earliest memory. Red light, morning light. High ceiling canted overhead. Lazy click of toenails on wood. Between the honey-colored slats of the crib a whiskery muzzle slides forward until its cheeks pull ...
Plants & Animals
May 23, 2014
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Plant pathologists help thwart vexing grain disease
(Phys.org) —To protect wheat for bread and barley for beer, Cornell plant pathologists have been evaluating ways to battle fungal blight. Recently the scientists found that a local fungal strain is no longer controlled ...
Biotechnology
May 23, 2014
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New sensor could light the way forward in low-cost medical imaging
New research published today in Nature's Scientific Reports, identifies a new type of light sensor that could allow medical and security imaging, via low cost cameras.
Engineering
May 23, 2014
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Military base among last habitat for butterflies
An undeveloped stretch of native prairie in south Puget Sound offers one of the few habitats in the world where a two-inch colorful checkered butterfly thrives. It also happens to be the main artillery impact range for Joint ...
Ecology
May 23, 2014
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Students 'blast off' after space program saved
Students in Philadelphia are attempting to virtually colonize the moon now that their beloved space program has been saved from the budget ax.
Space Exploration
May 23, 2014
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Australia's Telstra signals big push into Asia
Australian telecommunications giant Telstra Friday flagged a large expansion into Asia, with the goal of sourcing one-third of its profits from international businesses over the next five years.
Business
May 23, 2014
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US Senate panel budgets $100 mn for non-Russian rocket
A Senate panel set aside $100 million Thursday to develop a US rocket engine as an alternative to Russian equipment currently used to launch military satellites into orbit.
Space Exploration
May 23, 2014
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