Historic shark census catches predators on camera
Researchers are embarking on the largest-ever attempt to survey the world's shark populations.
Ecology
Jul 7, 2015
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New technique enables magnetic patterns to be mapped in 3-D
An international collaboration has succeeded in using synchrotron light to detect and record the complex 3-D magnetization in wound magnetic layers. This technique could be important in the development of devices that are ...
General Physics
Jul 7, 2015
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Mitochondrial metagenomics: How '-omics' is saving wild bees
Mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) database demonstrated its great value on detecting wild bees in UK farms via mitochondrial metagenomics pipeline, a new approach developed by scientists from the China National Genebank (CNGB), ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2015
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New perturbative method of solving the gravitational N-body problem in general relativity
Presenting a new perturbative method to deal with the gravitational N-body problem in general relativity. A novel approach to construct global and local reference frames leads to explicit transformation rules for metric tensor ...
General Physics
Jul 7, 2015
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Biogas to biomethane upgrading by water absorption column at low pressure and temperature
Compared to other processes the innovation lies in the operating conditions. Instead of enhancing the solubility of carbon dioxide working with a pressurized system, low absorption temperature is employed. In this configuration, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 7, 2015
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Crystal structure and magnetism—new insight into the fundamentals of solid state physics
A team at HZB has carried out the first detailed study of how magnetic and geometric ordering mutually influence one another in crystalline samples of spinel. To achieve this, the group synthesized a series of mixed crystals ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 7, 2015
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Countering social influence and persuasion of extremist groups
Social media has become a vital channel for terrorist groups to share news and seduce new members. The recent, notable successes of ISIS in the U.S. and Europe have demonstrated that terror groups can successfully use this ...
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2015
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Energiewende in the Alps: Switzerland's transition away from nuclear
Switzerland has a long history of trying to be as self-sufficient and energy independent as possible. Although its energy supply system has served it well in the past, the country is now looking to turn away from its reliance ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 7, 2015
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Microfabricated device allows evaluation of the efficacy, toxicity of pro-drugs
A team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine (MGH-CEM) has developed a novel approach that dramatically simplifies the evaluation of the liver's drug-metabolizing activity ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 7, 2015
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An improved age for Earth's latest magnetic field reversal using radiometric dating
The Earth's magnetic field periodically reverses such that the north magnetic pole becomes the south magnetic pole. The latest reversal is called by geologists the Matuyama-Brunhes boundary (MBB), and occurred approximately ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 7, 2015
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