Over 60 years of data collected across 8 states by citizen scientists may demonstrate their potential to contribute to monitoring long-term lake water trends over a large area, according to results published April 30, 2014, ...
Environment
Apr 30, 2014
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Simple sequence repeats, abbreviated SSRs and frequently referred to as microsatellites, are highly variable sections of the genome. 'Sequence repeat' refers to the fact that a nucleotide motif is repeated. 'Simple,' because ...
Biotechnology
Apr 30, 2014
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A Utah man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of stealing a fossilized dinosaur footprint.
Archaeology
Apr 30, 2014
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A scientific report says the wolf population of Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior is dangerously low for the third consecutive year, while moose numbers are steadily rising.
Ecology
Apr 30, 2014
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Silicon Valley jurors deciding a patent-infringement lawsuit involving smartphone giants Apple and Samsung have submitted questions Wednesday to a judge just a few hours after beginning their first full day of deliberations.
Business
Apr 30, 2014
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Mark Zuckerberg, like Facebook, is maturing. The soon-to-be 30-year-old chief executive of the decade-old social networking company grew reflective as he stood before hundreds of app developers to announce a host of mobile ...
Internet
Apr 30, 2014
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On Earth, we take for granted that a plant grows up and its roots grow down. In space, however, this seemingly predictable formula is upended. How do plants sense "up" and "down" where those relative positions don't exist?
Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2014
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Buzz Lightyear, meet Captain America.
Software
Apr 30, 2014
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A federal court is giving the Obama administration a deadline for updating federal standards for smog that are more than a year overdue.
Environment
Apr 30, 2014
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The nation's top telecommunications regulator defended his latest proposal to protect an open Internet, warning cable companies that manipulating data traffic on their networks for profit would not be tolerated.
Telecom
Apr 30, 2014
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