Remote corals pay the price of climate change
Corals, even in the most far-flung locations, are being affected by climate change but fare better in marine protected areas.
Environment
Jul 3, 2018
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Image: Jupiter's southern hemisphere
This image of Jupiter's southern hemisphere was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft on the outbound leg of a close flyby of the gas-giant planet. Citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill created this image using data from the spacecraft's ...
Space Exploration
Jul 3, 2018
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Acoustic microfluidic platform gently and quickly separates circulating tumor cells from blood samples
Using sound waves, an international team of researchers has developed a gentle, contact-free method for separating circulating tumor cells from blood samples that is fast and efficient enough for clinical use.
Materials Science
Jul 3, 2018
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UK sharing economy usage rises by 60 per cent
Users of the sharing economy in the UK have grown by 60 percent in 18 months, a new survey has found.
Business
Jul 3, 2018
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Video: Life cycle of the firefly
A firefly's life cycle encompasses much more than the three to six weeks when the adults light up summer evenings. UConn professor of physiology and neurobiology Andrew Moiseff and his research team are working to learn more ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2018
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New device and companion app let anyone safely trigger fireworks from their smartphones
A Purdue University professor has created a device and a companion smartphone app that allow anyone to set off fireworks from a safe distance.
Software
Jul 3, 2018
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Tiny brushes that make surfaces slippery may not work as intended, study finds
A type of molecular surface thought to be extremely slippery may not stay that way under all conditions, according to new UChicago and Argonne research in Science.
Materials Science
Jul 3, 2018
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Self-healing seed pods
An international team of researchers including members of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces has discovered a self-sealing mechanism in the seed pods of Banksia plants: special waxes in the junction zone ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2018
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Driving lessons can improve the lives of young people leaving care
A new initiative, piloted in Bristol, has shown that providing young people leaving care with driving lessons is highly beneficial for their life chances.
Social Sciences
Jul 3, 2018
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Species shifts in the honey bee microbiome differ with age and hive role
The makeup of microbial species—the microbiome—in a honey bee queen's gut changes slowly as she ages, while a worker bee's microbiome changes much more rapidly, according to a new study published by Agricultural Research ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2018
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