Children who participated in a citizen science project called MammalWeb, where they used camera traps to detect wildlife visiting their schools, were able to identify twice the number of UK mammals by the end of the project. ...
Ecology
Dec 11, 2019
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"We're Barely Listening to the U.S.'s Most Dangerous Volcanoes," read the headline on a recent story in the New York Times, pointing to the dismal state of volcano monitoring in the Pacific Northwest.
Earth Sciences
Oct 25, 2019
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When two galaxies merge, there are brief periods of stellar baby booms. A group of astronomers led by Lingyu Wang (SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research) has now used a sample of over 200,000 galaxies to confirm that ...
Astronomy
Oct 21, 2019
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Scientists who are trying to save species at the brink of extinction are finding help in an unexpected place.
Biotechnology
Oct 17, 2019
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Verdazyl radicals are stable molecules that are part of a variety of organic substances. You can literally sense, touch, and see them. More importantly, they can be applied for a variety of purposes since their properties ...
Materials Science
Oct 10, 2019
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Monitoring progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals requires a huge amount of data. Citizen science could help fill important data gaps, say IIASA researchers.
Environment
Oct 9, 2019
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A highly specialist laser capable of analyzing potentially deadly diseases as never before is under development at Heriot-Watt University.
Optics & Photonics
Sep 20, 2019
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From searching for extraterrestrial life to tracking rainfall, non-experts are increasingly helping to gather information to answer scientific questions. One of the most established hands-on, outdoor citizen science projects ...
Ecology
Jul 24, 2019
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) coordinates a European research project, called E.T.PACK, whose objective is the development of a new system for deorbiting space satellites without using on board power and fuel. For ...
Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2019
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Seismology has a Big Data problem. Northwestern University seismologists think everyday citizens are the solution.
Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2019
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