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Urban climate change
Watered streets of Houston.
Credit: © Irina K. / Fotolia
Southern cities such as Houston and Tampa -- which faced the wrath of hurricanes Harvey and...
Could interstellar ice provide the answer to birth of DNA?
Halley's Comet.
Credit: NASA
Researchers at the University of York have shown that molecules brought to earth in meteorite strikes could potentially be converted into the...
Sorting molecules with DNA robots
Conceptual illustration of two DNA robots collectively performing a cargo-sorting task on a DNA origami surface, transporting fluorescent molecules with different colors from initially...
Three species of tiny frogs discovered in Peruvian Andes
The Hill Dweller Rubber Frog, Pristimantis bounides, is known from two sites at elevations of 10,991 feet and 11,362 feet. The species name “bounides”...
Methane emissions tackled with gas-guzzling bacteria
The sampling site used to isolate the methanotroph, namely a geothermal field in Rotokawa, New Zealand.
Credit: Dr Carlo Carere (GNS Science)
An international research team...
STEM Enrichment activities have no impact on exam results
The STEM enrichment activities have been running to encourage more children to develop science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills.
Credit: © wckiw / Fotolia
Enrichment...
New supernova analysis reframes dark energy debate
The difference in the magnitudes of supernovae in the ?CDM and Timescape cosmologies and the magnitudes the supernovae would appear to have in an...
The return of the comet-like exoplanet
An artists impression of GJ 436b can be seen in the background in this image.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Astronomers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, also...
Realistic 3-D immersive visualization of unborn babies
3D virtual model MRI view of fetus at 26 weeks.
Credit: Image courtesy of Radiological Society of North America
Parents may soon be able to watch...
Climate change challenges the survival of fish across the world
This figure shows the risk that freshwater fish (top) and marine fish (bottom) could exceed their thermal limits by the year 2070. Blue indicates...
How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy...
This infographic represents the roadmaps developed by Jacobson et al for 139 countries to use 100 percent wind-water-solar in all energy sectors by 2050.
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