A new strategy to save the world's coral reefs proposes an "insurance policy" which focuses on the reefs most likely to survive global warming.
Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2018
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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have discovered a plant-based food preservative that is more effective than artificial preservatives. The organic preservative comprises naturally occurring ...
Biochemistry
Aug 17, 2018
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When Deborah Beck was preparing her book, Speech Presentation in Homeric Epic, her publisher suggested she make the database she had started in 2008—a searchable catalogue of features from every speech in the Homeric poems—available ...
Software
Oct 17, 2017
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Urban wildlife is surprisingly understudied. We tend to know more about animals in exotic places than about those that live in our cities.
Ecology
Apr 28, 2016
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New research from the University of Colorado Denver shows many communities fail to take historic preservation into account when planning for natural disasters, risking a loss of heritage and critical engines of the local ...
Environment
Apr 4, 2016
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A pair of Chilean condors have been brought to a zoo in Medellin as part of an effort to reintroduce the majestic birds in Colombia, where they have become all but extinct.
Ecology
Dec 24, 2015
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Chinese conservation measures to protect the charismatic giant panda in the wild have also benefitted other threatened species, including birds, mammals and amphibians, according to new Duke University-led study.
Ecology
Sep 16, 2015
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A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) have strong antibacterial effect on major foodborne pathogens, and are most effective when in cold temperatures ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 14, 2015
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Ongoing efforts to feed a growing global population are threatened by rising fossil-fuel energy costs and breakdowns in transportation infrastructure. Without new ways to preserve, store, and transport food products, the ...
Environment
Jul 1, 2015
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From the Domesday Book to modern government papers, the National Archives' collection of more than 11m historical government and public records is one of the world's largest. It includes paper and parchment, photographs, ...
Internet
Jan 16, 2015
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