New map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely to occur in US
Nearly 75% of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking, according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey-led team of more than 50 scientists and engineers.
Nearly 75% of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking, according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey-led team of more than 50 scientists and engineers.
Earth Sciences
Jan 16, 2024
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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have revolutionized forestry by enabling high-throughput data collection of tree phenotypic traits. Despite advances in remote sensing and object detection technologies, accurate detection ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 16, 2024
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Curation team members at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston have successfully removed the two fasteners from the sampler head that had prevented the remainder of OSIRIS-REx's asteroid Bennu sample material from being ...
Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2024
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How can climate policy be made more just and fair? IIASA researchers have synthesized different dimensions of justice into a framework that can be used by climate scientists and policymakers, explaining how previous research ...
Environment
Jan 8, 2024
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For much of the 65,000 years of Australia's human history, the now-submerged northwest continental shelf connected the Kimberley and western Arnhem Land. This vast, habitable realm covered nearly 390,000 square kilometers, ...
Archaeology
Dec 23, 2023
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Emerging technologies such as nanotechnology can provide efficient approaches by which new materials with broad functions, such as durable and fire-retardant properties, can be developed and subsequently used for the treatment ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 21, 2023
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A lot has changed in the world since the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was enacted 50 years ago in December 1973. Two researchers at The Ohio State University were among a group of experts invited by the journal Science to ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 21, 2023
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Agroecological transition, particularly in modeling agronomical systems, stands as a burgeoning research area with a focus on assessing intricate interactions within environmental systems. However, this field faces challenges ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 20, 2023
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Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a modeling tool for assessing the potential use of a nuclear device to defend the planet against catastrophic asteroid impacts.
Planetary Sciences
Dec 19, 2023
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Timing is crucial when it comes to understanding the origins of humanity. Developing better dating techniques to discover the ages of key fossils will help scientists to discover how Homo sapiens and our relatives evolved.
Evolution
Dec 19, 2023
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