Genetic profiling of trees helps convict timber thieves
University of Adelaide forest DNA forensics research has helped convict National Forest timber thieves in a landmark case in the United States.
University of Adelaide forest DNA forensics research has helped convict National Forest timber thieves in a landmark case in the United States.
Environment
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Thousands of dead fish washed up on the banks of a polluted lake on Monday in India's southern technology hub of Bangalore.
Ecology
Mar 7, 2016
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Almost every second woman suffers from a bladder infection at some point in her life. Also men are affected by cystitis, though less frequently. In eighty percent of the cases, it is caused by the intestinal bacterium E. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 7, 2016
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Supervolcanoes capable of unleashing hundreds of times the amount of magma that was expelled during the Mount St. Helens eruption of 1980 are found in populated areas around the world, including the western United States.
Earth Sciences
Mar 7, 2016
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Ray Tomlinson, the US programmer credited with inventing email in the 1970s and choosing the "@" symbol for the messaging system, died at the age of 74, his employer said Sunday.
Internet
Mar 7, 2016
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Amid growing talk that Iraq's largest dam risks bursting, residents of the town of Wana, which would be wiped out within minutes of a breach, are both sceptical and anxious.
Environment
Mar 7, 2016
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The rare and awe-inspiring spectacle of a total solar eclipse will unfold over parts of Indonesia and the Indian and Pacific Oceans on Wednesday, weather permitting. The full eclipse may be visible to several million people ...
Astronomy
Mar 7, 2016
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If the world's only surviving wild horses had a say in the matter, they might opt for a cosy stable and fresh daily oats, scientists studying them joke.
Plants & Animals
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Washington State University researcher Joyce Ehrlinger has found that a person's tendency to be overconfident increases if he or she thinks intelligence is fixed and unchangeable.
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2016
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Colleges and universities worldwide are incorporating into their curriculums the evolving genre of literature that focuses on the changes coming to Earth as the result of climate change—"cli-fi."
Social Sciences
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