Dingoes to the rescue?
Could dingoes be the answer to controlling the havoc red foxes wreak on native and domestic animal populations?
Ecology
May 25, 2017
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Harvard team creates a cold-atom Fermi–Hubbard antiferromagnet
(Phys.org)—A team at Harvard University has found a way to create a cold-atom Fermi–Hubbard antiferromagnet, which offers new insight into how electrons behave in solids. In their paper published in the journal Nature, ...
Study of relocated desert tortoises reveals a surprise
Results of a study on the relocation of a community of desert tortoises in California has unveiled a mystery: When moved only a short distance from their habitat, the females in the group assimilated to their new location ...
Ecology
May 25, 2017
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Researchers replicate molten metal pouring behavior with newly developed simulation technology
Fujitsu Limited and Daido University Professor Yasuhiro Maeda have jointly developed new simulation technology that can accurately replicate splash and wave behavior in the surface of molten metals when they are being poured. ...
Materials Science
May 25, 2017
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Military-funded prosthetic technologies benefit more than just veterans
In 1905, an Ohio farmer survived a railroad accident that cost him both of his legs. Two years later, he founded the Ohio Willow Wood company, using the namesake timber to hand-carve prosthetic limbs. The company grew, surviving ...
Engineering
May 25, 2017
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Study of biodiversity suggests a small increase in size of protected areas could reap large rewards
(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers, two with Laboratoire d'Écologie Alpine in France and the other with Yale University has conducted an analysis of current parcels of land on our planet that offer protection for plants ...
Teachers who write creatively can boost children's confidence in writing
Giving teachers time and support to become creative writers has helped them motivate their students, according to the findings of a two-year research project.
Social Sciences
May 25, 2017
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Genome Analysis Toolkit 4 (GATK4) released as open source resource to accelerate research
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard will release version 4 of the industry-leading Genome Analysis Toolkit under an open source software license. The software package, designated GATK4, contains new tools and rebuilt architecture. ...
Biotechnology
May 25, 2017
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Your mobile phone can reveal whether you have been exposed to radiation
In accidents or terror attacks which are suspected to involve radioactive substances, it can be difficult to determine whether people nearby have been exposed to radiation. But by analysing mobile phones and other objects ...
Other
May 25, 2017
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Odd-petal-number states and persistent flows in spin-orbit-coupled Bose-Einstein condensates
The quantum world is both elegant and mysterious. It is a sphere of existence where the laws of physics experienced in everyday life are broken—particles can exist in two places at once, they can react to each other over ...
Quantum Physics
May 25, 2017
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