As astronauts embark on increasingly ambitious space missions, scientists have to figure out how to keep them healthy for longer periods far from Earth. That entails assuring the air they breathe and the water they drink ...
Analytical Chemistry
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When experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland start collecting the first 13-teraelectronvolt (TeV) particle collisions data today, a long wait will be over for three University of Massachusetts Amherst ...
General Physics
Jun 3, 2015
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HMMER software implements a powerful new generation of mathematical techniques for identifying hundreds of thousands of related sequences. HMMER results help researchers infer the function of a protein and its evolutionary ...
Biotechnology
Jun 3, 2015
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In space everything is different. In a world with no up or down, hot air does not rise and liquids behave differently, too. In your kitchen, salad dressings will separate into the heavier vinegar on the bottom and the lighter ...
Space Exploration
Jun 3, 2015
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Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) at the University of Victoria and the Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) are teaming up with citizen scientists to increase the quality and range of oceanographic data being collected through a new ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 3, 2015
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A new report by the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford highlights the consequences of what it calls the UK's 'dysfunctional system' of dealing with the children of certain groups ...
Social Sciences
Jun 3, 2015
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It is generally undisputed that Twitter and other social information exchange websites are changing the landscape of science and communication. The value that these platforms offer is probably best evidenced by how much time ...
Social Sciences
Jun 3, 2015
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The EU pledged Wednesday to phase out animal testing in Europe but said it would be "premature" to ban it outright as demanded by a petition with 1.1 million names.
Biotechnology
Jun 3, 2015
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Adrian Marchetti and his team of oceanographers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified —for the first time—that a protein called proteorhodopsin could allow a major group of phytoplankton to ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 3, 2015
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The world's first additive manufacturing (3-D printing) machine that can make plastic parts as fast and as cheaply as traditional manufacturing is to be built by the University of Sheffield.
Engineering
Jun 3, 2015
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