At its grand opening in 1913, the Los Angeles Aqueduct sent a torrent of fresh mountain water cascading into the Los Angeles valley to the cheers of an onlooking crowd of 30,000 people. The water, diverted from the Owens ...
Ecology
Apr 24, 2023
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Australia has embarked on an experiment to create a market for biodiversity. No, we're not talking about buying and selling wildlife, although, sadly, there is a black market for that. This is about repairing and restoring ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2023
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It's been long known that the air quality of Cache Valley is among the worst in the nation, but what exactly makes it so bad? The answer: ammonium nitrate.
Environment
Mar 7, 2023
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It's not even March yet, but the mountains that feed the Colorado River already have seen more snow this winter than they normally would through an entire snow season.
Earth Sciences
Mar 1, 2023
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Powerful winter storms lashed the United States on Wednesday, with heavy snow snarling travel across wide areas, even as unusual warmth was expected in others.
Environment
Feb 23, 2023
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As water levels at the lake continue to decline, the complex natural systems the lake supports are shifting, too. Ecohydrologist Erin Rivers from the Quinney College of Natural Resources is investigating how shifting water ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 14, 2023
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Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a new synthetic approach to controlling cellular biochemical processes. Rather than creating particles or structures that directly interact with cellular machinery ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 6, 2023
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Monovalent anion perm-selective membranes (MAPMs) combined with electrodialysis can simultaneously realize the efficient separation of mono-/di-valent anions and the concentration of monovalent salt. However, their applications ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 30, 2023
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Orangutans, mice, and horses are covered with it, but humans aren't. Why we have significantly less body hair than most other mammals has long remained a mystery. But a first-of-its-kind comparison of genetic codes from 62 ...
Evolution
Jan 4, 2023
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When NASA's Mars rovers found manganese oxides in rocks in the Gale and Endeavor craters on Mars in 2014, the discovery sparked some scientists to suggest that the red planet might have once had more oxygen in its atmosphere ...
Planetary Sciences
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