Harvesting of pineapples, a widely grown tropical fruit, leaves behind tons of agricultural residues which are usually burned or left to rot, creating undesirable greenhouse gases and other pollutants. But a new process promises ...
Materials Science
Oct 14, 2020
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The two paddlewheels from the second commercial steamboat that sailed Lake Champlain more than two centuries ago have been found on the bottom of the lake, officials said.
Archaeology
Sep 6, 2020
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Five years after its destruction, the ancient Temple of Bel in Palmyra, Syria has been digitally reconstructed by the UC San Diego Library's Digital Media Lab using cutting-edge 3-D methods and artificial intelligence applications.
Archaeology
Aug 21, 2020
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Creating sustainable plastics is vital for the future of our environment, a new report says.
Environment
Jun 4, 2020
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Indonesia is home to the third-largest tropical forest after the Amazon and Congo. These forests have high biodiversity values and Indonesia has set aside million of hectares as conservation forests to protect the country's ...
Environment
Apr 2, 2020
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What's the real age of Norwegian stave churches?
Archaeology
Nov 6, 2019
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Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale described the horror of the authoritarian regime of Gilead. In this theocracy, self-preservation was the best people could hope for, being powerless to kick against the system. ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2019
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In 2017, the American Society of Civil Engineer's Infrastructure Report Card gave America's infrastructure an overall grade of a D+. Given that the report found the U.S. had been paying for just half of its infrastructure ...
Engineering
Apr 9, 2019
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Satellites provide vast quantities of data. While these data are processed and used by scientists and analysts to understand and monitor Earth, they are also carefully archived.
Earth Sciences
Apr 5, 2019
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Together with a German/Polish team, Senckenberg scientist Thomas Schmitt studied the effects of various land use models on the butterfly fauna. The researchers show that meadows adjacent to high-intensity agricultural areas ...
Ecology
Mar 19, 2019
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