Marine protected areas intensify both cooperation and competition
Marine protected areas generate both extreme cooperation and extreme competition among fishers.
Ecology
Mar 4, 2016
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04/03/2016
HP Enterprise shares surge 14 percent after strong report
Hewlett Packard Enterprise's stock rose nearly 14 percent on Friday, a day after the commercial technology vendor reported solid earnings in its first quarter as an independent company.
Business
Mar 4, 2016
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Women file lawsuit arguing New York tampon tax is unlawful
A group of women has filed a lawsuit accusing New York of unlawfully taxing tampons and other feminine hygiene products.
Business
Mar 4, 2016
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9
More Sumatran orangutans than previously thought
Sumatran orangutans, one of the two existing species of orangutans, live exclusively in the North of the Indonesian island Sumatra and are critically endangered. This great ape is threatened by poaching and forest loss, as ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 4, 2016
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160
Cosmochemists find evidence for unstable heavy element at solar system formation
University of Chicago scientists have discovered evidence in a meteorite that a rare element, curium, was present during the formation of the solar system. This finding ends a 35-year-old debate on the possible presence of ...
Astronomy
Mar 4, 2016
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A proposed superconductivity theory receives exclusive experimental confirmation
Superconductivity - a quantum phenomenon in which metals below a certain temperature develop flow of current with no loss or resistance - is one of the most exciting problems in physics, which has resulted in investments ...
Superconductivity
Mar 4, 2016
1
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Building a better mouse trap, from the atoms up
For most of human history, the discovery of new materials has been a crapshoot. But now, UConn researchers have systematized the search with machine learning that can scan millions of theoretical compounds for qualities that ...
Polymers
Mar 4, 2016
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15
Understanding differences within species is critical to conservation efforts
A new study published in the journal Ecological Applications shows that differences within a species across geographically distinct ranges should be taken into account during conservation planning as the climate changes.
Ecology
Mar 4, 2016
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12
R2D2's next assignment: hospital orderly
Meet the Tugs - a team of 27 robots now zooming around the hallways of the new University of California, San Francisco hospital at Mission Bay. They look a bit like R2D2, dragging a platform around behind them. Instead of ...
Robotics
Mar 4, 2016
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S.African gold firms to pay $32 million to sick ex-miners
Former goldmine workers have won a $32 million settlement from South African mining giants Anglo American and AngloGold Ashanti over respiratory diseases contracted underground, lawyers said Friday.
Business
Mar 4, 2016
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