When Brendan Nerney wakes up, it's not the sound of his alarm clock he dreads, but the dull buzzes from bug zappers strung throughout his Chester County home.
Plants & Animals
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Go faster, farther, more efficiently. That's the goal driving spacecraft propulsion engineers like Chen Cui, a new assistant professor at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. Cui is exploring ...
Space Exploration
Jan 6, 2025
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Setting the right price for goods or services is essential for just about any business. Prices that are too low can reduce profits. Prices that are too high can drive away customers and lead to losses.
Economics & Business
Jan 6, 2025
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Landfill gas, a mixture of gases produced when garbage breaks down within landfills, contains unwanted traces of siloxane compounds, which are chemical structures containing silicon and oxygen bonds and are found in various ...
Environment
Jan 6, 2025
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Outer space is infinite, but that hasn't stopped humans trying to impose their laws on it. There are more ways for people to travel to space than ever before, and the next few decades are likely to see the US and China sending ...
Space Exploration
Jan 6, 2025
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After a record year of launches, SpaceX kicked things off again with the first mission of 2025 on Friday night.
Space Exploration
Jan 6, 2025
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The ocean is vital for oxygen, food supply, and carbon storage. At its core is phytoplankton—microscopic algae that produce biomass through photosynthesis, using nutrients, CO2, and sunlight.
Earth Sciences
Jan 6, 2025
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A deadly storm system dumped heavy snow and freezing rain across the eastern United States on Monday, killing five people and disrupting travel for millions of Americans from the central plains to the capital Washington.
Environment
Jan 6, 2025
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Protein aggregation is typical of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and prion diseases such as Creutzfeld-Jakob disease. A research team headed by Professor Jörg Tatzelt from the Department of Biochemistry ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 6, 2025
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Using the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), astronomers from Italy and Germany have observed a group of galaxies designated NGC 5018. Results of the observational campaign, published Dec. 23 on the pre-print server arXiv, yield ...
