As anticipated, Pine Island Glacier, known as PIG for short, in Antarctica has just spawned a huge iceberg. At over 300 sq km, about the size of Malta, this huge berg very quickly broke into many 'piglet' pieces the largest ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 11, 2020
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In 2017 and 2018 I walked the equivalent of 28 marathons in the scorching Western Australian outback. Why, you ask? To assess how some of Australia's largest lizard species interact with restored mines.
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2020
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Product reviews and ratings have a strong impact on consumer consideration. In restaurant reviews, new research upcoming in the INFORMS journal Information Systems Research shows that location bias, based on the popularity ...
Economics & Business
Feb 6, 2020
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A device that uses electricity generated by plants as its power source has communicated via satellite—a world first.
Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2020
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Researchers have devised a straightforward technique for building a laboratory device known as an electroporator—which applies a jolt of electricity to temporarily open cell walls—from inexpensive components, including ...
Other
Jan 10, 2020
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A device to quickly capture and identify various strains of virus has been developed, according to researchers at Penn State and New York University.
Biochemistry
Dec 23, 2019
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Scientists say coral reefs on a tiny island in the South Pacific have shown incredible resilience and recovery from a recent but very severe disturbance: a volcanic eruption that created a new island.
Environment
Dec 9, 2019
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A surtseyan eruption is a volcanic eruption in shallow water. It's named after the island Surtsey, off the coast of Iceland. In 2015, a surtseyan eruption in the Tongan Archipelago created the island Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai. ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 22, 2019
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The dark skies of the great outdoors help people to see the wonders of space, either with the naked eye or using telescopes. That's why observatories are usually placed in high altitudes or remote locations, where there's ...
Astronomy
Nov 11, 2019
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A statistical model that better characterizes the changing nature of extreme weather over larger areas could help climate experts plan for weather-related disasters.
Mathematics
Sep 30, 2019
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