Many people still treat global warming as a contentious political issue, instead of one backed by scientific consensus. For example, in a recent Pew survey, only 48% of all US adults agreed that the Earth is warming mostly ...
Environment
Feb 16, 2017
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A group of scientists from Moscow universities led by Yan Ivanenkov, the head of Laboratory of Medical Chemistry and Bioinformatics in MIPT, has succeeded in synthesizing a set of novel selenohydantoins with anticancer and ...
Biochemistry
Mar 15, 2016
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The overwhelming scientific consensus is that gases produced by human activity are affecting the global climate. But even if you don't believe the current warming of the global climate is caused by humans, it's only common ...
Environment
Jun 23, 2015
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New findings suggest battling climate change could be a challenge, urge the global community to transform its energy system or face grim consequences.
Environment
Sep 04, 2014
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There was a time when science was seen as a body secure knowledge, given credibility by the scientific method and peer review.
Environment
Feb 03, 2014
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Sturdier protection is vital to defend coastal areas from the expected sea level rise associated with global warming. But nature's protection also needs to be part of the equation.
Environment
Jun 05, 2013
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Until recently it was impossible to carry out large-scale measurements of photochemical activity in the tropical rainforest and therefore draw conclusions on the subject. A chance success – a measurement by a satellite ...
Space Exploration
Jun 05, 2013
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Structure analysis of the trypanosomal protein Cathepsin B is among the scientific breakthroughs of 2012.
Biochemistry
Dec 21, 2012
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A court will deliver a verdict Monday in the trial of six Italian scientists and a government official charged with manslaughter for underestimating the risks of a killer earthquake in 2009.
Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2012
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For most of us it's just dirt, but for ecologists soil is the key to meeting some of the most daunting challenges facing our planet.
Environment
Sep 25, 2012
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