Was that a bed bug on my couch? This app has the answer
Just the thought of a bed bug infestation is enough to make you start scratching and tossing out furniture.
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Climate change efforts should focus on ocean-based solutions
Ambitious and rapid action is needed to reduce climate change and its impacts—and the first broad-scale assessment of ocean-based solutions shows the focus should be on the oceans. The study looks at the feasibility of ...
Environment
Oct 4, 2018
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Eelgrass wasting disease has new enemies: Drones and artificial intelligence
Every year, the world loses an estimated 7 percent of its seagrasses. While the reasons are manifold, one culprit has long confounded scientists: eelgrass wasting disease. This September a team of biologists is zeroing in ...
Ecology
Sep 17, 2018
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'Carnivore' sharks have a stomach for greens: study
The bonnethead shark, a small member of the hammerhead family, was long thought to be a strict carnivore that would occasionally ingest greens purely by accident.
Plants & Animals
Sep 5, 2018
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Moving fish farms enables seagrass meadows to thrive, study shows
Commercial fish farms should be moved away from seagrass meadows in order for both to thrive in the future, according to new research.
Ecology
Jul 12, 2018
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Engineers develop capabilities for more secure blockchain applications
Vanderbilt engineers have successfully developed and validated the feasibility of blockchain-based technologies for secure, confidential sharing of patient medical records in a case study that demonstrates how blockchain ...
Security
Jun 26, 2018
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Climate change impacts fragile river ecosystems
Boulder, Colo., USA: Research undertaken in South Africa's Kruger National Park (KNP) has shown that some of the world's most sensitive and valuable riverine habitats are being destroyed due to an increasing frequency of ...
Environment
May 16, 2018
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Think chimpanzee beds are dirtier than human ones? Think again
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) appear to keep tidier sleeping arrangements than humans do. That's one finding of a recent study that evaluated the microbes and arthropods found in the treetop beds that chimpanzees make each ...
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2018
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NIST virtual reality aims to win for public safety
Virtual reality produces entertaining video games. But it's also a serious training and testing tool. Pilots test their skill with flight simulators, and the military can practice by playing war games, for example.
Engineering
May 4, 2018
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Waterfalls offer insights into how rivers shape their surrounds
How much water flows through a river has little influence over long-term changes to its course and the surrounding landscape, a study of waterfalls shows.
Environment
Mar 6, 2018
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