What caused the fireballs that lit up the sky over Australia?
Over the past few days a pair of spectacular fireballs have graced Australia's skies.
Space Exploration
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Lake Tahoe's clarity improved dramatically over past year
The famed cobalt blue waters of Lake Tahoe became more clear last year, gaining 10 feet in visibility from the year before, according to a new study released Thursday by scientists at the University of California, Davis.
Environment
May 24, 2019
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Signs of selection in the stomach
Helicobacter pylori, a globally distributed gastric bacterium, is genetically highly adaptable. Microbiologists at LMU have now characterized its population structure in individual patients, demonstrating an important role ...
Evolution
May 24, 2019
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Scientists investigate global spread of stinging jellyfish
"Get it off of me! Get it off of me!" shrieked Mary Carman, a marine ecologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as she flailed knee deep in the bath-like water of Farm Pond on Martha's Vineyard. She was observing ...
Plants & Animals
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As the dust of the election settles, Australia's wildlife still needs a pathway for recovery
The environment was a key concern in the recent federal election. It was also a polarising one, with concerns raised about regional industries and livelihoods. But jobs and environment need not be locked in battle: there ...
Environment
May 24, 2019
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New catalogue of 12,000 X-ray spectral lines
X-ray sources in the sky radiate "bar codes" revealing their properties. These bar codes consist of narrow peaks and troughs within the source's spectrum. The RGS instrument on the satellite XMM-Newton was built to find these ...
Astronomy
May 24, 2019
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Sending surplus food to charity is not the way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
With the recent news that Canada is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is calling for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Environment
May 24, 2019
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A 'crisper' method for gene editing in fungi
CRISPR/Cas9 is now a household name associated with genetic engineering studies. Through cutting-edge research described in their paper published in Scientific Reports, a team of researchers from Tokyo University of Science, ...
Biotechnology
May 24, 2019
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Wood consumption in energy generation continues to increase
In 2018, the consumption of wood fuels reached yet another record as a result of the increased use of black liquor produced by the forest industries. Heating and power plants consumed the same amount of solid wood fuels as ...
Environment
May 24, 2019
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Novel research accounts for future impacts of greenhouse gas emissions
Sustainability researchers and scientists conduct Life Cycle Assessments to understand the environmental impact of new products, initiating an opportunity to evaluate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions outputs. Until now, ...
Environment
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