Critical zone, critical research
The Earth's critical zone isn't called critical for nothing. Known as our planet's outer skin, it is essential for human survival.
Environment
Dec 7, 2016
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Photonic crystal enhanced microscope sheds light on wound healing and cancer metastasis
University of Illinois Electrical & Computer Engineering and Bioengineering Professor Brian Cunningham's Nano Sensors group has invented a novel live-cell imaging method that could someday help biologists better understand ...
General Physics
Dec 7, 2016
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Studies open deep history of Greenland's ice sheet—and raise new questions about its stability
The ice sheet covering Greenland is four times bigger than California—and holds enough water to raise global sea-level more than twenty feet if most of it were to melt. Today, sea levels are rising and the melting of Greenland ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 7, 2016
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Fishy Caribbean 'juveniles' to be recognized as a new species, the Hourglass basslet
Living in deep reefs in the Atlantic Ocean, the banded basslet, a small and colorful species with a wide range of distribution, has long been thought to undergo significant changes during its growth into an adult. Suspiciously, ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 7, 2016
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Maths explored in new London gallery by Zaha Hadid
London's Science Museum called upon the genius of late architect Zaha Hadid for the "huge challenge" of bringing life to its new gallery dedicated to mathematics, which opens on Thursday.
Mathematics
Dec 7, 2016
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Final rules for K-12 standardized testing released
Aiming to reduce test-taking in America's classrooms, the Obama administration released final rules Wednesday to help states and school districts take a new approach to the standardized tests students must take each year.
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2016
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Why keep the raw data?
The increasingly popular subject of raw diffraction data deposition is examined in a Topical Review in IUCrJ. Building on the 2015 workshop organised by the IUCr Diffraction Data Deposition Working Group (DDDWG), the authors ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 7, 2016
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New studies take a second look at coral bleaching culprit
Scientists have called superoxide out as the main culprit behind coral bleaching: The idea is that as this toxin build up inside coral cells, the corals fight back by ejecting the tiny energy- and color-producing algae living ...
Environment
Dec 7, 2016
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Six ways to keep phone charges low during international travel
It's a sure-fire way to dampen the holiday cheers: Spend a week on a dream vacation abroad, then come back to find an additional several hundred dollars on your cellphone bill.
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 7, 2016
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Do thoughts of death change our shopping habits?
It's that time of year again: when festive ads command consumers to BUY! BUY! BUY! for their friends and family. But despite this holiday cheer, negative news marches on.
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2016
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