Scientists see risks in biodiversity offsets misuse
Australian scientists have warned governments against using biodiversity offsetting to meet existing conservation commitments.
Ecology
Jul 23, 2015
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New flood action team launched to investigate flash flooding across the UK
A band of 'storm chasers' has been set up by Newcastle University to help collect data about flash flooding and inform the way we manage future flood risk.
Environment
Jul 23, 2015
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New technology could help high-performance aircraft turbine engines stay cool, perform better
High-performance aircraft turbine engine manufacturers are facing unprecedented increases in the amount of heat that must be released in order to maintain acceptable temperatures in supersonic engines that is required for ...
Engineering
Jul 23, 2015
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Photonic waveguides suppress "crosstalk among neighbors"
Silicon photonics holds great promise for low-cost, large-scale integration of photonic components. The demand for increasing density of these components has led to a multitude of technological challenges in their manufacture ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 23, 2015
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Student's system for locking satellites together to get first space test
MIT's Lennon Rodgers, a research scientist who did graduate work in the MIT Space Systems Laboratory (SSL), led a team of students to build a universal docking port (UDP) for the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient ...
Space Exploration
Jul 23, 2015
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Most people experience relative poverty at some point
How does one define "poverty?" The federal government draws a line, and if you're below it, you're poor. A Cornell sociologist seeking a more nuanced view of the American experience says poverty can be better understood in ...
Social Sciences
Jul 23, 2015
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A seemingly obvious way to make the electricity market better may actually make it worse
Restaurants often have their best specials in the middle of the week as a way to increase business on their slowest days. By evening out the flow of customers, carefully timed sale prices can reduce fluctuations in demand. ...
Artificial moth eyes enhance the performance of silicon solar cells
Mimicking the texture found on the highly antireflective surfaces of the compound eyes of moths, we use block copolymer self assembly to produce precise and tunable nanotextured designs in the range of ~20 nm across macroscopic ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 23, 2015
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Image: Smoke over the Greenland Sea
The 2015 wildfire season in the Arctic has been very intense – and very smoky. As of July 15, over 3,190,000 acres had burned across Canada, according to Natural Resources Canada. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 23, 2015
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New website gathering public input on NASA Mars images
Science-team members for NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are soliciting help from the public to analyze exotic features near the south pole of Mars.
Space Exploration
Jul 23, 2015
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