Polluted nuclear weapons site to become tourist destination
The nation's most polluted nuclear weapons production site is now its newest national park.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 20, 2015
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US Census Bureau releases statistics of five-year estimates from American Community Survey
The U.S. Census Bureau released today American Community Survey's five-year estimates for 2014. These data cover information for small area populations and are important in analyzing neighborhood characteristics. The American ...
Social Sciences
Dec 4, 2015
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New national park marks development of nuclear bomb
More than 70 years ago scientists working in secret created the atomic bomb that ended World War II and ushered the world into the nuclear age.
Other
Nov 10, 2015
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A passion to defeat the whitefly
University of New Mexico alumna Laura Boykin (Ph.D. 2003) was recently featured in the article, "12 Badass Scientists...Who Also Happen to be Women" released by Ted Fellows, a program that falls under the purview of TED (Technology, ...
Biotechnology
Nov 6, 2015
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New Mexico museum unveils rare fossil find
Paleontologists with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science unveiled the first baby Pentaceratops skull ever discovered as hundreds of people lined up to get a look.
Archaeology
Nov 6, 2015
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Environment and climate helped shape varied evolution of human languages
It's well known that gradual adaptation to the environment shaped the development of human bodies and brains, but recent work by an international group of researchers suggests that the variations in human linguistic evolution ...
Social Sciences
Nov 4, 2015
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Student developing new technique to predict Pacific Decadal Oscillation
A University of New Mexico Ph.D. student is perfecting a new way to forecast stream flow levels with tremendous accuracy.
Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2015
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Public has chance to name new moth species
An auction on eBay allows the public to make a different kind of purchase as they peruse the used clothing, electronics and war relics on the site. Up for sale: naming rights to a new insect.
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2015
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NASA snow data that helps California put to work in Colorado
NASA is providing drought-stricken California with valuable data about how much water is locked up in the scant Sierra Nevada snow, and now Colorado is trying the technique in the mountains where the Rio Grande begins its ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2015
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Remnants of Tropical Depression 16E raining over US Southwest
The remnants of Tropical Depression 16E (TD16E) have moved over the U.S. Southwest and an infrared image from NOAA's GOES-West satellite showed the associated clouds over Arizona and New Mexico.
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2015
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