Carnival Corporation rolls out faster Internet
Carnival Corporation announced Monday it will offer a long-range, broadband wireless Internet network on all of its 101 ships across nine cruise line brands.
Telecom
Nov 3, 2014
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Gender fairness prevails in most fields of academic science
Women are significantly underrepresented in many science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and attempts to understand why have only resulted in disagreement among researchers, the lay public, and policymakers. ...
Social Sciences
Nov 3, 2014
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Fossilized turtle excavated in New Mexico (Update)
Fossilized remains of a turtle believed to have lived in a swampy environment tens of millions of years ago were recovered from a desert location in New Mexico.
Archaeology
Nov 3, 2014
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Nanotubes could serve as 'universal scaffolding' for cell membrane channels
A study, in which the Membrane Nanomechanics group led by the Ikerbasque lecturer Dr. Vadim Frolov at the Biophysics Unit of the University of the Basque Country has participated, suggests that single-wall carbon nanotubes ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 3, 2014
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Research partnership is key to biodiversity conservation
A new policy paper led by University of York scientists, in partnership with Proforest, aims to increase awareness among researchers of the High Conservation Value (HCV) approach to safeguarding ecosystems and species.
Ecology
Nov 3, 2014
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New process transforms wood, crop waste into valuable chemicals
Scientists today disclosed a new method to convert lignin, a biomass waste product, into simple chemicals. The innovation is an important step toward replacing petroleum-based fuels and chemicals with biorenewable materials, ...
Biotechnology
Nov 3, 2014
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What is a species? It could be difficult to reply if you work with aphids
Karyotype is usually a stable feature of each species since chromosomal changes, if they occur, may contribute to the formation of barriers between populations causing the establishment of reproductive isolation and speciation ...
Biotechnology
Nov 3, 2014
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Maple syrup production declines after big seed year
For decades, maple syrup producers have eyed the weather to help understand spring sugar yields. But new research in the journal Forest Ecology and Management reveals a more valuable metric for understanding – and even ...
Ecology
Nov 3, 2014
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Countries with poor marine safety records linked to oil spill vessels
More than half of ships involved in the 100 largest oil spills of the past three decades were registered in states that consistently fail to comply with international safety and environmental standards, UBC researchers have ...
Environment
Nov 3, 2014
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Physicists propose identification of a gravitational arrow of time
(Phys.org) —A trio of physicists is proposing a new direction for understanding the concept of time. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, Julian Barbour, of College Farm in the U.K., Tim Koslowski ...
