In the arid and drought-stricken western Great Basin, sparse surface water means rural communities often rely on private groundwater wells. Unlike municipal water systems, well water quality in private wells is unregulated, ...
Environment
Feb 22, 2023
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A team of researchers from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a software method that accurately predicts chemical modifications of RNA molecules ...
Biotechnology
Feb 9, 2023
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To understand how plants respond to and influence their environments, ecologists often use a series of standardized measurements called functional traits. For example, a plant's capacity to do photosynthesis is influenced ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2023
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Ask most people what they picture when thinking about natural "carbon sinks"—ecosystems that absorb and store greenhouse gases—and they'll probably describe a forest. Reforestation is a common feature of climate change ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 18, 2023
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As technologies keep advancing at exponential rates and demand for new devices rises accordingly, miniaturizing systems into chips has become increasingly important. Microelectronics has changed the way we manipulate electricity, ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 4, 2023
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There's some hope fluttering around San Luis Obispo County this holiday season.
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2022
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Researchers have developed a new all-optical method for driving multiple highly dense nanolaser arrays. The approach could enable chip-based optical communication links that process and move data faster than today's electronic-based ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 15, 2022
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Growing numbers of Australians are reported to be struggling to put enough healthy food on the table every day as the cost of living soars. But Australia doesn't collect enough data on food insecurity. The lack of data makes ...
Economics & Business
Dec 12, 2022
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Few of us realize that listening to music on Spotify or watching Netflix or YouTube releases CO2 in the process. Online services use data stored on servers in data centers, and they guzzle energy. Physicist Remko Fermin researched ...
Superconductivity
Nov 30, 2022
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Researchers from University of Miami and New York University published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines how voice technology can affect what consumers reveal about themselves.
Economics & Business
Nov 30, 2022
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