The cooling of the Nordic Seas towards modern temperatures started in the early Pliocene, half a million years before the global oceans cooled. A new study of fossil marine plankton published in Nature Communications today ...
Earth Sciences
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In order to develop ultra-miniaturised electronic components, ultra-miniaturised capacitors are required. The two-year EU-funded PICS project has developed tools that could soon lead to the mass production of high-density ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Oct 28, 2015
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The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) continued to improve its environmental protection efforts at its South Table Mountain and National Wind Technology Center sites during 2014 by reducing greenhouse ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 28, 2015
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700 million year-old DNA sequences from ancient animals have been unearthed by researchers at the Universities of Leicester and Warwick, shedding new light on our earliest animal ancestors and how they influenced modern species ...
Evolution
Oct 28, 2015
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Researchers working in the United States have demonstrated a technique that may enable real-time, in-flight detection of hypoxia in pilots.
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 28, 2015
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A study published in the journal Biomass & Bioenergy sets out to calculate the true costs and benefits associated with replacing fossil fuels with bioenergy in varying forms for numerous s applications. The life cycle assessment ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 28, 2015
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Today's state-of-the-art methods for the replacement of in vivo testing for toxicity in humans are on the cutting edge of science. However, they have not yet allowed us to completely eliminate the need for animal testing. ...
Other
Oct 28, 2015
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Creatures like the Morpho butterfly on the leaf above appear to be covered in shimmering blue and green metallic colors. This phenomenon is called "iridescence," meaning that color appears to change as the angle changes, ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 28, 2015
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Ball State University's Mark Pyron is joining an international effort to study how large river systems on two continents support life and how climate change could affect those ecosystems.
Environment
Oct 28, 2015
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There is nothing as awe-inspiring as watching the brutal power of a lion capturing its prey. At close range, their throaty roars thump through your body, raising a cold sweat triggered by the fear of what these animals are ...
Ecology
Oct 28, 2015
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