A camera trap survey in one of Africa's largest conservation landscapes has captured an exciting range of species – from honey badgers and caracals to a hyena holding an elephant's trunk…
Ecology
Sep 23, 2016
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(Phys.org)—Scientists have developed a method for imprinting tiny yet complex 3-D structures on the tip of an optical fiber, whose 125-µm diameter is roughly the thickness of a human hair. The 3-D optical structures can ...
A unique study by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) will provide valuable new insights into the concentrations of microplastics in the open ocean from surface to the sea bed.
Environment
Aug 26, 2016
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Unless you've been following the subject closely, you may not have heard of one of the biggest barriers slowing the revival of global economic growth over the last decade. That would be the "safety trap," a problem arising ...
Economics & Business
Aug 5, 2016
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While investigating perovskite crystals, University of Groningen scientists made an observation that could make perovskite solar cells more efficient. It could also lead to new sensors for oxygen and water vapor. The results ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 27, 2016
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Mammal DNA detected from the guts of blowflies indicated the presence of 11 mammal species at two tropical forest reserves in Malaysia. This new tool could soon join the list of conventional mammal monitoring tools, such ...
Ecology
Jun 3, 2016
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These photographs are some of the 30,000 intriguing images of wildlife in Botswana taken using camera traps set up by ecologist Lindsey Rich of Virginia Tech. Her results – published in the new issue of the Journal of Applied ...
Ecology
May 18, 2016
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They are the land mines of the sea, killing long after being forgotten.
Ecology
Apr 15, 2016
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University of Houston physicists report finding major theoretical flaws in the generally accepted understanding of how a superconductor traps and holds a magnetic field. More than 50 years ago, C.P. Bean, a scientist at General ...
Superconductivity
Apr 8, 2016
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On first glance, Mecysmaucheniidae spiders, which live exclusively in New Zealand and southern regions of South America, do not look like much to the naked eye. Because they are minute spiders that hunt for prey on the ground, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 7, 2016
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