Mix together air, fuel, and heat and you get combustion, the chemical reaction that powers most engines in planes, trains and automobiles. And if you throw in…
This is according to an international group of researchers who have demonstrated how the Coriolis force is essential for creating the archetypal, and sometimes…
Humankind has a weight problem – and not only in the industrialised nations, either: the growing prosperity in many Asian or Latin American countries goes hand…
“A seahorse is one the slowest swimming fish that we know of, but it's able to capture prey that swim at incredible speeds for their size,” said Brad Gemmell,…
VTT has developed a new satellite image based method for accurate assessment of tropical forest cover. Part of the EU's seventh framework programme, the…
However, it did not lead to significant changes in hay fever symptoms, although this challenge test may not have accurately represented natural allergen…
A large percentage of pharmaceutical drugs target ion channels, which are proteins found in a cell's membrane, that play a pivotal role in these serious…
In a paper published in Wildlife Society Bulletin, entitled Perceived Efficacy of Livestock-Guarding Dogs in South Africa: Implications for Cheetah…
The most detailed range-wide assessment of the bonobo (formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee) ever conducted has revealed that this poorly known and…
A new study reveals how pollution causes thunderstorms to leave behind larger, deeper, longer lasting clouds. Appearing in the Proceedings of the National…
Research has suggested that a particular gene in the brain's reward system contributes to overeating and obesity in adults.This same variant has now been…
While Bt corn has been highly effective against the European corn borer, it has been less so against the western corn rootworm, which has been documented to…
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite called TRMM flew above tropical cyclone Lehar on November 26, 2013 at 0307 UTC/Nov. 25 at 10:07 p.m. EST…
To create SRP, it is required to meet several requirements for the planting material of nurseries. Within the EU-funded project “ROD-PICKER”, ttz Bremerhaven…
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument captures infrared data and can provide scientists with temperature data on tropical cyclones. When NASA's…
A $500 “nano-camera” that can operate at the speed of light has been developed by researchers in the MIT Media Lab.The three-dimensional camera, which was…
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