Youth migration is changing definitions of childhood
Stories of a sudden "surge" in unaccompanied children fleeing Central America and Mexico for the United States dominated the headlines last summer.
Social Sciences
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Image: A Hubble sweep of the dust filaments of NGC 4217
In this image the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope takes a close look at the spiral galaxy NGC 4217, located 60 million light-years away from Earth. The galaxy is seen almost perfectly edge on and is a perfect candidate for ...
Astronomy
Jan 28, 2015
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Researchers capture, document first northern saw-whet owl in Arkansas
Wildlife biologists at the University of Arkansas have captured and documented the first northern saw-whet owl in Arkansas.
Ecology
Jan 28, 2015
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Meet the parasitic worm that kills giant pandas
Giant pandas aren't dying like they used to. In the early 1980s, starvation accounted for more than nine out of ten deaths. However, over the past three decades a parasitic gut worm has replaced that as the dominant killer.
Plants & Animals
Jan 28, 2015
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Research projects contribute to shaping EU regulation to control invasive species
A new regulation governing the control of invasive alien species became effective in all EU states on 1 January 2015. The European Union hopes that it will actively combat one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and thus ...
Ecology
Jan 28, 2015
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How tropical subsoil microbes could affect the carbon cycle
It's no exaggeration to say the tropics drive our planet's carbon cycle – the constant transfer of carbon back and forth, on a global scale, between living things and the environment. Understanding the dynamics of the carbon ...
Environment
Jan 28, 2015
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Modular disability aids for world's poorest
Brunel University London design engineering student Cara O'Sullivan's final year project aims to help developing countries make their own disability aids using modular components.
Engineering
Jan 28, 2015
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New tattoos discovered on Oetzi mummy
With the aid of a non-invasive photographic technique, researchers at the EURAC-Institute for Mummies and the Iceman have been able to show up all the tattoos on the man who was found preserved in a glacier, and in the process ...
Archaeology
Jan 28, 2015
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The unique spatial firing patterns of the hippocampal place cells
Bayesian integration is thought to be used by the brain for optimal decision-making based on information from different sources. Recent evidence indicates that the hippocampal place cells use this mechanism to integrate information ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 28, 2015
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Particle physicists discuss JUNO neutrino experiment
The construction of the facilities for the JUNO neutrino experiment has been initiated with an official groundbreaking ceremony near the south Chinese city of Jiangmen. Involved in the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory ...
General Physics
Jan 28, 2015
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