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Environmental Conservation

First Northern Saw-Whet Owl Documented in Arkansas

Wildlife biologists at the University of Arkansas have captured and documented the first northern saw-whet owl in Arkansas.

Materials Sciences

Tuning Friction in Ionic Solids: Insights from ORNL Research

The research, which demonstrates a new physical effect, was undertaken at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at…

Physics & Astronomy

Stellar Astronomers Answer Question Posed by Citizen Scientists: ‘What Are Yellowballs?’

“Any ideas what these bright yellow fuzzy objects are?” the volunteer wrote on a project message board.

Life & Chemistry

Stem Cells Unlock New Possibilities for Hair Regeneration

In a new study from Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham), researchers have used human pluripotent stem cells to generate new hair. The…

Earth Sciences

Ancient Galilee Skull Sheds Light on Modern European Origins

A key event in human evolution was the expansion of modern humans of African origin across Eurasia, replacing all other forms of hominin (humans and their…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Engineer Develops Innovative Daytime Star Tracker

An engineer at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), located on Virginia's Eastern Shore, is working on a low-cost, off-the-shelf solution to overcome the…

Physics & Astronomy

Gaseous Worlds: A Path to Potentially Habitable Planets

In a paper published this month in the journal Astrobiology, UW doctoral student Rodrigo Luger and co-author Rory Barnes, research assistant professor, say the…

Earth Sciences

Long-necked 'dragon' discovered in China

Qijianglong (pronounced “CHI-jyang-lon”) is about 15 metres in length and lived about 160 million years ago in the Late Jurassic. The name means “dragon of…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Create Dual Biofuels from Single Algae Source

The researchers, led by Greg O'Neil of Western Washington University and Chris Reddy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, exploited an unusual and untapped…

Social Sciences

Link Between Income Inequality And Trust: New Insights

As recent work from economists from the University of Luxembourg indicates, the apparent link between income inequality and lower general trust could be…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Supercomputers Reveal Flower Genes for Climate Resilience

Scientists using supercomputers found genes sensitive to cold and drought in a plant help it survive climate change. These findings increase basic…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Pilotless Aircraft Transforming Precision Agriculture Strategies

“The plant is the patient, the agronomists are the doctors, and I am the guy who works on the MRI machine,” said Robert Moorhead, GRI director and Billie J….

Health & Medicine

UK Researchers Uncover Metabolic Insights Into Lafora Disease

Matthew Gentry, Ph.D, and Craig Vander Kooi, Ph.D, associate professors of molecular and cellular biochemistry, and researcher Madushi Raththagala, Ph.D,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

'Bulletproof' Battery: Kevlar Membrane for Safer, Thinner Lithium Rechargeables

The innovation is an advanced barrier between the electrodes in a lithium-ion battery.

Information Technology

Nanoscale Cavities Enhance Quantum Memory Connections at MIT

The idea of computing systems based on controlling atomic spins just got a boost from new research performed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)…

Environmental Conservation

Shaping EU Regulation: Research on Invasive Species Control

A new regulation governing the control of invasive alien species became effective in all EU states on 1 January 2015. The European Union hopes that it will…

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