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Environment Jul 26, 2017

Successful prediction of multi-year US droughts and wildfire risk

The next mega-droughts and subsequent active wildfire seasons for the western U.S. might be predictable a full year in advance, extending well beyond the current seasonal forecast and helping segments of the economy related ...

Security Jul 26, 2017

EU court: EU-Canada passenger data deal breaches privacy (Update)

The European Union's top court said in a written opinion Wednesday that parts of a deal between the EU and Canada on sharing airline passenger data breaches citizens' privacy and the agreement cannot be concluded in its current ...

Evolution Jul 24, 2017

Evolutionary biologists solve puzzle of evolutionary relationships among vertebrates

Using the largest and most informative molecular phylogenetic dataset ever analysed, evolutionary biologists were able to construct a new phylogenetic tree of jawed vertebrates. This new tree resolves several key relationships ...

Nanophysics May 23, 2017

Report sheds new insights on the spin dynamics of a material candidate for low-power devices

Computers process and transfer data through electrical currents passing through tiny circuits and wires. As these currents meet with resistance, they create heat that can undermine the efficiency and even the safety of these ...

Environment May 17, 2017

Greenpeace says Canadian forestry lawsuit aims to silence critics

Greenpeace on Tuesday urged major publishing houses to not buy paper from a major Canadian forestry company that is suing the activist group.

Telecom May 4, 2017

Some cling to landlines, but cell-only homes now dominate

Deborah Braswell, a university administrator in Alabama, is a member of a dwindling group—people with a landline phone at home.

Ecology Apr 19, 2017

Bears breed across species borders

Senckenberg scientists have sequenced the entire genomes of four bear species, making it now possible to analyze the evolutionary history of all bears at the genome level. It shows that gene flow, or gene exchange, between ...

Engineering Apr 10, 2017

New radar scanner tests wind turbine blades for defects

Thanks to the innovative radar scanner from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF, defects in the material composition of the wind turbine blades can now be detected with far greater accuracy and visualized ...

Environment Mar 22, 2017

Arctic sea ice dips to record low for winter (Update)

The frigid top of the Earth just set yet another record for low levels of sea ice in what scientists say is a signal of an overheating world.

Business Mar 9, 2017

Digital publishing pays off for Axel Springer

German media group Axel Springer said Thursday its digital publishing empire would bring further increases in sales and profits in 2017, after meeting its forecasts last year.

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