A study that forecasts state and federal fuel tax revenues based on different fuel taxation policies found adoption of a vehicle mileage tax would best meet highway construction needs in the long run.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 3, 2016
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A team of University of Cincinnati researchers had to go deep to uncover brand new knowledge that they say will "shake up" the archaeological field in the southwestern United States.
Archaeology
Oct 3, 2016
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Letters of recommendation - critical to young scientists' chances of being hired for postdoctoral research positions - may be disadvantaging women from the very start of their careers, and the professors writing those letters ...
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2016
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Big health benefits may be hidden in tiny houses, according to two Kansas State University researchers.
Engineering
Oct 3, 2016
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Maroons, the descendants of escaped African slaves who live in the interior of Suriname today, grow their own rice. In addition to many types of Asian white rice (Oryza sativa), they also cultivate a species with black grains ...
Biotechnology
Oct 3, 2016
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Whether it has to do with making pens or building space shuttles, the manufacturing process consists of creating components and then carefully assembling them. But when it comes to infinitely small structures, manipulating ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 3, 2016
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Researchers have created a fabric material containing nanoscale fibers that are capable of degrading chemical warfare agents (CWAs). Uniform coatings of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were synthesized on top of the nanofibers, ...
Materials Science
Oct 3, 2016
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A new study led by an Iowa State University agronomist may help scientists sift through vast amounts of plant seeds stored in gene bank facilities across the globe to identify those useful to plant breeders attempting to ...
Biotechnology
Oct 3, 2016
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Rice University scientists working to develop a deeper understanding of the world's most widely used man-made material, concrete, have detailed previously unexplored aspects that affect the energy required to make it and ...
Materials Science
Oct 3, 2016
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Considered "biodiversity reservoirs," underwater caves are yet to be explored with only a few thoroughly researched areas in the world. Furthermore, species diversity and distributional data is currently scattered enough ...
Ecology
Oct 3, 2016
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