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Earth Sciences

Sea-Level Rise May Exceed One Meter This Century: Expert Insights

The 90 experts participating in the survey anticipate a median sea-level rise of 200-300 centimeters by the year 2300 for a scenario with unmitigated…

Technology Offerings

Dental Implant – Optimised adhesion of gingiva through bio-nano-coating

Medicinal implants have become widely used in modern dentistry. While significant progress has been made to improve the adhesion of such dental implants to the…

Earth Sciences

Geoportal Insights: Climate Change Effects on Mediterranean Agriculture

How will climate change affect agricultural production and popular tourist destinations in the Mediterranean region? As water resources become ever scarcer,…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Cell Protein Reactions Through Genetic Mapping

Over the past decade, advances in genetic mapping tools have provided great insight into how DNA influences cell behavior. But genetics is only half the…

Process Engineering

Magnetic nanoparticles could aid heat dissipation

Cooling systems generally rely on water pumped through pipes to remove unwanted heat. Now, researchers at MIT and in Australia have found a way of enhancing…

Materials Sciences

Solar-powered battery woven into fabric overcomes hurdle for 'wearable electronics'

Taek-Soo Kim, Jung-Yong Lee, Jang Wook Choi and colleagues explain that electronic textiles have the potential to integrate smartphone functions into clothes,…

Studies and Analyses

Innovative Framework Enhances Southeast Rainfall Forecasts

A new study by two Duke University scientists may help improve seasonal forecasts by providing a new statistical “framework” that meteorologists can use to…

Life & Chemistry

Sweet Poison – Star fruit neurotoxin identified

This fruit contains a substance that is a deadly neurotoxin for people with kidney disease. Brazilian researchers have now isolated and identified this…

Physics & Astronomy

Researcher Uncovers Secrets of Mars' Birth From Unique Meteorite

The work of Munir Humayun — a professor in FSU’s Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science and a researcher at the National High Magnetic Field…

Health & Medicine

Virtual Sailing Simulator Shows Key Role of Recreation in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute announced today the results of a pilot study demonstrating use of a virtual therapeutic sailing simulator as an…

Life & Chemistry

Let's just harvest invasive species — problem solved?

According to a recent study at the University of Illinois, harvesting invasive plants for use as biofuels may sound like a great idea, but the reality poses…

Earth Sciences

NASA's TRMM satellite sees Melissa's tropical transition

NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite passed directly above newly transformed Tropical Storm Melissa's center of circulation on November…

Health & Medicine

Link Between Blood Pressure Drops and Atrial Fibrillation

Results of a Johns Hopkins-led study have identified a possible link between a history of sudden drops in blood pressure and the most common form of irregular…

Studies and Analyses

Aging’s Effect on Epigenome in Human Skeletal Muscle

Our epigenome is a set of chemical switches that turn parts of our genome off and on at strategic times and locations. These switches help alter the way our…

Environmental Conservation

Long-Term Effects of Plant Invasions on Ecosystem Function

Among the most impressive ecological findings of the past 25 years is the ability of invasive plants to radically change ecosystem function.Yet few if any…

Earth Sciences

New Apollo Data Reveals Moon Dust Accumulation Rates

The scratchy dust clung to everything it touched, causing scientific instruments to overheat and, for Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt, a sort of lunar…

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