A new study from the University of Helsinki using miniaturized satellite-based tags revealed that during drier periods desert bats must fly further and longer to fulfill their nightly needs. According to researchers this ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2019
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In high school chemistry, we all learned about chemical reactions. But what brings two reacting molecules together? As explained to us by Einstein, it is the random motion of inert molecules driven by the bombardment of solvent ...
Materials Science
Aug 14, 2019
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In recent years, machine learning has been proving a valuable tool for identifying new materials with properties optimized for specific applications. Working with large, well-defined data sets, computers learn to perform ...
Materials Science
Aug 02, 2019
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More than five years after Flint's water crisis first hit the news, the city has successfully lowered the lead levels in its water.
Earth Sciences
Jul 10, 2019
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The latest ESA Partnership Projects mission has launched two tiny supercomputing nanosatellites aboard a Soyuz rocket from Vostochny in Russia.
Space Exploration
Jul 08, 2019
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Engineers at the University of New Hampshire have designed a unique living laboratory on a heavily traveled iconic bridge which could change the way infrastructure is viewed. The Memorial Bridge, which links Portsmouth, New ...
Engineering
Jun 04, 2019
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One of the challenges for researchers is collaborating and communicating with communities to solve social and environmental problems. However, that challenge is what inspires and motivates scientists to keep investigating ...
Environment
May 31, 2019
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Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a high-throughput computational method to design new materials for next generation solar cells and LEDs. Their approach generated 13 new material candidates ...
Materials Science
May 22, 2019
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Researchers have found a new way to use satellites to monitor the Great Whirl, a massive whirlpool the size of Colorado that forms each year off the coast of East Africa, they report in a new study.
Earth Sciences
May 01, 2019
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No matter where you are in the United States, some food in your kitchen probably started its life in Fresno, California.
Machine Learning & AI
Apr 29, 2019
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