Burning chillies can deter elephants from ravaging crops in African and Asian communities, according to a new study involving a University of Stirling researcher.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel rapped her agriculture minister Tuesday for violating the government line in approving a controversial weedkiller at a key EU meeting, sparking a political storm and angering European allies.
Biotechnology
Nov 28, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A pair of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata has found that an easily synthesized compound can be used to remove fluoride and metal ions from drinking water. In their ...
An Australian spring wouldn't be complete without thunderstorms and a visit to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's weather radar website. But a new type of radar technology is aiming to make weather radar even more useful, ...
Earth Sciences
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An international team of researchers has discovered a previously unrecognized genus of extinct horses that roamed North America during the last ice age.
Plants & Animals
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The Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden at Assiniboine Park is testament to our fascination with the colourful insects that bring delight to so many. The beautiful patterns and pleasing textures of their wings attract not ...
Plants & Animals
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Each year, Australian households throw out some A$8 billion worth of edible food, with those aged 18 to 24 reported as the biggest wasters.
Environment
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Realisation of room temperature spin-orbit torque-driven magnetisation switching in topological insulator-ferromagnet heterostructures has promising applications in low power consumption and high integration density memories ...
General Physics
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A vortex in the atmosphere can churn with enough power to create a typhoon. But more subtle vortices form constantly in nature. Many of them are too small to be seen with the naked eye.
Soft Matter
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Astronomers at ANU have created the most detailed radio image of nearby dwarf galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, revealing secrets of how it formed and how it is likely to evolve.
Astronomy
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