On August 16 of last year, Mark Simons, a professor of geophysics at Caltech, landed in Reykjavik with 15 students and two other faculty members to begin leading a tour of the volcanic, tectonic, and glaciological highlights ...
Earth Sciences
May 27, 2015
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"Pianists' playing technique has changed considerably over the last 200 years," says Christina Kobb, PhD scholar at the Norwegian Academy of Music. For the last five years she has studied piano treatises of the early nineeenth ...
Other
May 27, 2015
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As snowpack levels decline with the warming climate, many streams will experience less water flow, especially during summer months, potentially exposing more fish to predation by birds and other animals.
Ecology
May 27, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers with Trinity University in Texas has found that the development of dimorphism (physical differences between male and females of the same species) in songbirds appears to have been most strongly ...
Ascot and Chelmer homeowners share a common problem with those in Inala and Cleveland - their property values are affected by changes in rates of personal crimes such as assault and robbery in their suburbs.
Social Sciences
May 27, 2015
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Seagrass ecosystems could play a key role in combating climate change, researchers at the University of York have discovered.
Ecology
May 27, 2015
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Built to look for gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space itself that were predicted by Einstein in 1916, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is the most ambitious project ever funded ...
Astronomy
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An electronic payment system developed in Singapore will protect the privacy of customers recharging their electric vehicles.
Energy & Green Tech
May 27, 2015
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Accurately probing the delicate relationship between linked, or 'entangled', photons—irrespective of the distance between them—is an important element of quantum cryptography, and perhaps even teleportation. Now, A*STAR ...
Quantum Physics
May 27, 2015
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Australian researchers are working with Indonesian government agencies and universities to assess the impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining in eastern Indonesia.
Environment
May 27, 2015
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