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First holistic attempt to identify scientific risks, guardrails -- akin to a 2C rise for climate -- to create targets for land, water, oceans, biodiversityCredit:...

Did a common childhood illness take down the neanderthals?

A 21st century nuisance for parents may have proved deadly to early manCredit: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University BROOKLYN, NY - It is one of...

Nano bulb lights novel path

Rice University engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light sourceCredit: The Naik Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 19, 2019) - What may be viewed as the...

CPS Energy supports clean energy and grid cybersecurity research at UTSA

Credit: UTSA Beginning in the Fall of 2019, faculty members at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will conduct research to enhance green...

For people with pre-existing liver disease, toxic algae may be more dangerous

UToledo research adds to evidence that new exposure guidelines for microcystin may be needed for those with liver disease or IBDCredit: Daniel Miller, The University...

NASA sees heavy rainfall occurring in strengthening Tropical Storm Mario

Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL When the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean, it flew over the eastern side of...

Unlock your smartphone with earbuds

Novel biometric tool, EarEcho, uses sound waves to identify the ear canal's unique geometryCredit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Visit a public space. Chances...

Shape-shifting robots built from smarticles could navigate Army operations

Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- A U.S. Army project took a new approach to developing robots -- researchers built robots...

WSU grizzly research reveals remarkable genetic regulation during hibernation

Credit: Photo by Henry Moore Jr. BCU/WSU PULLMAN, Wash.--Being a human couch potato can greatly increase fat accumulation, hasten the onset of Type II diabetes...

Study explores how rock expands near soil surface in Southern Sierra Nevada

Credit: Russell Callahan A University of Wyoming researcher and his team discovered that weathering of subsurface rock in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California...

UW receives $15.8 million NSF grant for instrumentation for new King Air research aircraft

Credit: University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming received a $15.8 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that will provide weather instrumentation and other equipment...

Coral reefs and squat lobsters flourished 150 million years ago

Squat lobsters have a colorful history going back to the dinosaur era -- a peak of diversityCredit: Cristina Robins & Adiel Klompmaker, UC Berkeley Coral...

UVA engineering-led team unveils ‘Tunabot,’ first robotic fish to keep pace with a tuna

With a better understanding of how fish move, researchers eventually could develop faster, more efficient propulsion systems for manned and unmanned underwater vehiclesCredit: Haibo Dong...

NASA infrared data shows heavy rain potential along gulf from Imelda

Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson One of the ways NASA researches tropical cyclones is using infrared data that provides temperature information. The AIRS instrument aboard NASA's...

Shedding light on dark matter