Climate change threatens corn crops
A warming world is putting crops at risk, according to scientists who studied how the weather affects French maize yields.
Environment
Feb 28, 2013
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Circulation changes in a warmer ocean
Circulation changes in a warmer ocean In a new study, scientists suggest that the pattern of ocean circulation was radically altered in the past when climates were warmer.
Earth Sciences
Feb 22, 2013
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Computational study of human hair provides insights into structure of its poorly understood outer surface
Human hair is a complex, multi-layered material, the composition of which is only partly established. Hair fibers are sheathed in a thin protective coating called the epicuticle, but despite its industrial importance—the ...
Materials Science
Jan 16, 2013
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Climate modelers see possible warmer, wetter Northeast winters by 2070
A new high-resolution climate study by University of Massachusetts Amherst climate scientists, the first to apply regional climate models to examine likely near-term changes in temperature and precipitation across the Northeast ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 12, 2012
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Black hole jets might be molded by magnetism
Even though black holes—by their definition and very nature—are the ultimate hoarders of the Universe, gathering and gobbling up matter and energy to the extent that not even light can escape their gravitational grip, ...
Astronomy
Dec 4, 2012
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Traumatic brain injury patients, supercomputer simulations studied to improve helmets
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico are comparing supercomputer simulations of blast waves on the brain with clinical studies of veterans suffering from mild traumatic brain injuries ...
Engineering
Nov 14, 2012
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LEXI the robot improves safety for explosives handlers
(Phys.org)—LEXI is a new robot at work in the firing tanks of the Lab's High Explosives Applications Facility (HEAF) and the work that's done there for the National Explosives Engineering Sciences Security (NEXESS) Center. ...
Robotics
Nov 9, 2012
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New FJVPS capable of producing 3-D assembly procedure videos in fewer than 3 hours
Fujitsu and Digital Process Limited today announced the availability of FJVPS V15L13, a new Virtual Product Simulator from Fujitsu (FJVPS) digital production preparation tool for customers in the assembly manufacturing industry ...
Engineering
Nov 5, 2012
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Carbon tracking and climate models: Researchers study carbon cycling in deciduous trees
(Phys.org)—Using dogwood trees, scientists are gaining a better understanding of the role photosynthesis and respiration play in the atmospheric carbon dioxide cycle. Their findings will aid computer modelers in improving ...
Environment
Nov 1, 2012
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Researchers simulate neutron stars' 'gigantic' magnetic fields
Scientists from the universities of Kiel and Düsseldorf (both Germany) have developed a method to simulate gigantic magnetic fields that normally occur on neutron stars only. The physicists Professor Hartmut Löwen (Heinrich-Heine-Universität ...
General Physics
Oct 12, 2012
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