Home insurance buyers lack access to public flood data
Canadian homeowners do not have the information they need to know if they should buy flood insurance leaving them exposed to significant financial risk.
Environment
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'Mutation hotspot' allows common fungus to adapt to different host environments
The fungus Candida albicans is found in the gastrointestinal tract of about half of healthy adults with little if any effect, yet it also causes an oft-fatal blood infection among patients with compromised immune systems, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 28, 2019
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'Amazing snapshots' plumb volcanic depths
Research shedding light on the internal "plumbing" of volcanoes may help scientists better understand volcanic eruptions and unrest.
Earth Sciences
Feb 28, 2019
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Turning them on, turning them off—how to control stem cells
Scientists at the University of Bath have identified how a mutant gene in fish is involved in controlling stem cells.
Biotechnology
Feb 28, 2019
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Exiled planet linked to stellar flyby three million years ago
Some of the peculiar aspects of our solar system—an enveloping cloud of comets, dwarf planets in weird orbits and, if it truly exists, a possible Planet Nine far from the sun—have been linked to the close approach of ...
Astronomy
Feb 28, 2019
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Students go to ends of the Earth to dig up climate history
Between 256 million and 335 million years ago, the landmasses of the Southern Hemisphere were squished together in a super continent called Gondwana. Gripped in the cold throes of an ice age, glaciers moved slowly across ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 28, 2019
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Building digitally, living digitally
DFAB HOUSE has officially opened today on the NEST building of Empa and Eawag in Dübendorf. It is the world's first inhabited "house" that was not only digitally planned, but also – with the help of robots and 3-D printers ...
Engineering
Feb 28, 2019
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The coming revolution in LED lighting
A revolution in energy-efficient, environmentally-sound, and powerfully-flexible lighting is coming to businesses and homes, according to a paper in latest special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 28, 2019
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Researchers move closer to practical photonic quantum computing
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a way to map and measure large-scale photonic quantum correlation with single-photon sensitivity. The ability to measure thousands of instances of quantum correlation is critical ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 28, 2019
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A new species of huntsman spider described
Senckenberg scientist Dr. Peter Jäger has described four new species in the huntsman spider family. One of the newly discovered animals reveals a surprising specialization: It makes its home inside of bamboo. To enter the ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2019
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