Scientists and doctors in recent decades have made vast leaps in the treatment of cardiac problems - particularly with the development in recent years of so-called "cardiac patches," swaths of engineered heart tissue that ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 27, 2016
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A team led by Leigh Fletcher of the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom are presenting new images of Jupiter at the UK's Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in Nottingham.
Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2016
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Teacher burnout and student stress may be linked, according to a University of British Columbia study.
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2016
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A recent study led by Xi Chen, associate professor of earth and environmental engineering at Columbia Engineering, and Klaus Lackner at Arizona State University, reports an unconventional reversible chemical reaction in a ...
Materials Science
Jun 27, 2016
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So far, NASA's Kepler has led to the discovery of 2 325 exoplanets. But clearly not all of them are habitable. To help detect suitable candidates, identify the range of atmospheric conditions on planets with water and shed ...
Astronomy
Jun 27, 2016
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A Norwegian court has dismissed a lawsuit that sought a legal guarantee to allow Edward Snowden to travel to Norway without risk of being extradited to the United States.
Other
Jun 27, 2016
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In the northern parts of the Baltic Sea both precipitation and river discharge are expected to increase as a result of climate changes. The increased river discharge will lead to a higher inflow of river-borne dissolved organic ...
Ecology
Jun 27, 2016
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This year's regional environmental sustainability course took us to a collection of sites and locations that brought up the environmental and political issues facing the Middle East. One major focus of our trip was on how ...
Environment
Jun 27, 2016
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If you leave a cube of Jell-O on the kitchen counter, eventually its water will evaporate, leaving behind a shrunken, hardened mass—hardly an appetizing confection. The same is true for hydrogels. Made mostly of water, ...
Materials Science
Jun 27, 2016
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Climate change assessments must be more relevant to policymakers' needs, say Carnegie's Katharine Mach and Stéphane Hallegatte of the World Bank's Climate Change Policy Team.
Environment
Jun 27, 2016
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