Researchers study effects of artificial light on fireflies
If a bug has ever had charisma, it's a common eastern firefly, flitting in the night.
Plants & Animals
Aug 4, 2016
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Marine species richness is not highest at equator
New research indicates that zones closest to the equator have less species diversity than previously thought.
Ecology
Aug 4, 2016
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Researchers improve computer modeling for designing drug-delivery nanocarriers
A team of University of Pennsylvania researchers has developed a computer model that will aid in the design of nanocarriers, microscopic structures used to guide drugs to their targets in the body. The model better accounts ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 4, 2016
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Energy – High-efficiency heating
Salt and ammonia are key ingredients of a high-efficiency natural gas-fired heat pump system being developed by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Rheem and ClimateWell.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 4, 2016
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Researchers find that bike paths and policies favor recreational and upper-income cyclists
As California and its myriad communities develop paths and policies to promote cycling, one segment of the bike-riding population remains largely invisible to policymakers: Those for whom bicycles are an economic necessity, ...
Social Sciences
Aug 4, 2016
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Towards the T-1000: Liquid metals propel future electronics
Science fiction is inching closer to reality with the development of revolutionary self-propelling liquid metals—a critical step towards future elastic electronics.
Materials Science
Aug 4, 2016
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Flushing Huanglongbing out of citrus trees
A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entomologist is providing citrus growers with much-needed guidance about the best times to use insecticides to control Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening.
Ecology
Aug 4, 2016
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Project to help bring widespread use of micro-robotics
Micro-robotic manipulators with the ability to move in increments far smaller than the width of a human hair might be enlisted for a range of applications in research, manufacturing, medicine and homeland security.
Robotics
Aug 4, 2016
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The keys to a major process in DNA repair
Researchers from the Institut Jacques Monod (CNRS/University of Paris Diderot), the Institute of Biology of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS/CNRS/Inserm), and the University of Bristol, have described for the first time ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 4, 2016
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What's inside Ceres? New findings from gravity data
In the tens of thousands of photos returned by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the interior of Ceres isn't visible. But scientists have powerful data to study Ceres' inner structure: Dawn's own motion.
Space Exploration
Aug 4, 2016
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