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Apr 09, 2019 04:17 PM EDT

Astro-ecology: Counting orangutans using star-spotting technology

A ground-breaking scientific collaboration is harnessing technology used to study the luminosity of stars, to carry out detailed monitoring

Study shows potential for Earth-friendly plastic replacement
Apr 09, 2019 04:17 PM EDT

Study shows potential for Earth-friendly plastic replacement

The quest to keep plastic out of landfills and simultaneously satisfy the needs of the food industry is filled with obstacles.

Successful test of the MONSTER spectrometer provided new nuclear structure information
Apr 09, 2019 04:16 PM EDT

Successful test of the MONSTER spectrometer provided new nuclear structure information

The research group was succesful in testing modular neutron spectrometer (MONSTER) at JYFL-ACCLAB.

Apr 09, 2019 04:16 PM EDT

Researchers discover CP violation in charm meson decays

Researchers from the Higher School of Economics and Yandex, as part of the LHCb collaboration at CERN, have been the first to discover CP violation

Apr 09, 2019 04:16 PM EDT

The holm oak transcriptome is rebuilt, a key step towards understanding its biology

Holm oaks are some of the most emblematic trees in Mediterranean forests and the most abundant ones on the Iberian Peninsula.

Researchers remove harmful hormones from Las Vegas wastewater using green algae
Apr 09, 2019 04:15 PM EDT

Researchers remove harmful hormones from Las Vegas wastewater using green algae

A common species of freshwater green algae is capable of removing certain endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) from wastewater

Apr 09, 2019 04:15 PM EDT

Volunteer birdwatching survey shows effects of temperatures on population of Jays

A study led by researchers at the University of Southampton has used data collected by volunteer bird watchers

NASA-NOAA satellite finds a more circular Tropical Cyclone Wallace
Apr 09, 2019 04:14 PM EDT

NASA-NOAA satellite finds a more circular Tropical Cyclone Wallace

NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and captured a visible image

Climate change impacts peatland CO2 gas exchange primarily via moisture conditions
Apr 09, 2019 04:14 PM EDT

Climate change impacts peatland CO2 gas exchange primarily via moisture conditions

Northern peatlands store approximately one third of global soil carbon, namely around 500 gigatons.

Scientific computing in the cloud gets down to Earth
Apr 09, 2019 04:13 PM EDT

Scientific computing in the cloud gets down to Earth

Servers in the cloud, originally intended for business, broaden access to cluster computing, make new research strategies in geophysics possible

Apr 09, 2019 04:13 PM EDT

New algorithm helps to detect and analyze suspicious activity in surveillance footage

New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York, could make it easier to track and process suspicious activity in surveillance footage

ISS Space Station International
Apr 08, 2019 09:39 AM EDT

NASA Researchers Catalogue all Microbes and Fungi on the International Space Station

A comprehensive catalogue of the bacteria and fungi found on surfaces inside the International Space Station (ISS) is being presented in a study published in the open access journal Microbiome.

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