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Agricultural & Forestry Science

Unlocking Energy: Marginal Lands as a Key Fuel Source

In the current issue of Nature, a team of researchers led by Michigan State University shows that marginal lands represent a huge untapped resource to grow…

Earth Sciences

NASA Analyzes Tropical Storm Emang’s Rainfall Strength

On Jan. 16 at 0702 UTC (2:02 a.m. EST) NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed over Emang, and captured rainfall rates. TRMM…

Life & Chemistry

Gene in eye melanomas linked to good prognosis

The research is published in the advance online edition of Nature Genetics. “We found mutations in a gene called SF3B1,” says senior author Anne Bowcock, PhD,…

Health & Medicine

New Study Links Bats to Ebola Virus in Bangladesh

EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, released new research on Ebola virus in fruit bats in…

Business and Finance

Mortgage Interest Deduction: Long-Run Economic Impact Study

The MID is the second-largest individual income tax expenditure, according to the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. Given the severity of the fiscal…

Social Sciences

Engineers Show Less Empathy, Study Reveals Surprising Trends

The study comprises more than 200 students from six different study programs and was carried out by Chato Rasoal, a researcher in psychology, together with two…

Architecture & Construction

Leuphana “Digital School“ launches in 91 countries

Leuphana University’s Digital School has entered into the age of collaborative online learning. Less than one week after the start of registration,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

IRENA and Fraunhofer ISE Sign MOU to Boost Renewable Energy

The International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance…

Studies and Analyses

Cut Diabetes Amputation Risk by 50% with Simple Interventions

A new study at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, confirmes that shoe inserts, podiatry, regular checkups and other simple interventions…

Earth Sciences

PODEX Experiment to Reshape Future of Atmospheric Science01.16.13

NASA scientists and engineers are working now to lay the groundwork for the Aerosol-Cloud-Ecosystem (ACE) mission, a satellite that “will dramatically change…

Studies and Analyses

New research finds slower growth of preterm infants linked to altered brain development

The cerebral cortex is a two to four millimetre layer of cells that envelopes the top part of the brain and is involved in cognitive, behavioural, and motor…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Robofish Grace: Enhanced Gliding Innovation Unveiled

MSU scientists have made a number of improvements on the fish, including the ability to glide long distances, which is the most important change to date. The…

Environmental Conservation

Salmon Runs Boom, Go Bust Over Centuries

Scientists in the past 20 years have recognized that salmon stocks vary not only year to year, but also on decades-long time cycles. One example is the 30-year…

Life & Chemistry

New Paths Explored for Curbing Genetic Malfunctions

One of the most extraordinary properties of living cells is their ability to precisely reproduce themselves through processes that transfer genetic information…

Earth Sciences

2012 Sets a New Record High Temperature

Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.14 C per decadeDecember temperatures (preliminary)Global composite temp.: +0.20 C (about 0.36 degrees Fahrenheit)…

Environmental Conservation

Record-Breaking Weather At Walden Pond Testing Limits Of Spring-Blooming Plants

With record-breaking warm spring weather in 2010 and 2012 resulting in the earliest known flowering times in 161 years of recorded history in two U.S….

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