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Steppe migrant thugs pacified by Stone Age farming women

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SCorded ware vessel, an axe and two discs made of amber from an early male grave. Credit: Danish National Museum In an earlier study Professor Kristian...

Melting snow contains a toxic cocktail of pollutants

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Snow takes up airborne particulate matter and alters the concentrations of different nanoparticles, the smallest particles found in air pollution. Credit: © amyinlondon / Fotolia With...

Rearranging nest boxes keeps more blue orchard bees around

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In a study of nesting habits of managed blue orchard bees (Osmia lingnaria) in a tart cherry orchard in Utah, experiment zones with uniform...

Sandpiper detectives pinpoint trouble spots in continent-wide migration

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A Semipalmated Sandpiper wears a geolocator that allows researchers to track its migratory movements. Credit: B. Winn Understanding and managing migratory animal populations requires knowing what's...

Study explores risk of deforestation as agriculture expands in Africa

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Lead researcher Elsa Ordway collects data to validate a remote sensing analysis of deforestation and agricultural expansion in Cameroon. Credit: Courtesy Elsa Ordway Next time you...

Male jumping spiders court whomever, whenever

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“This study provides some new insight into the age-old question of why males go to such ridiculous lengths to impress females,” said UF/IFAS entomologist...

A faster single-pixel camera

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Researchers from the MIT Media Lab developed a new technique that makes image acquisition using compressed sensing 50 times as efficient. In the case...

Accurate contactless 3D fingerprint identification system developed

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A research team led by Dr. Ajay Kumar invents a 3-D fingerprint identification system of high efficiency and accuracy. Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The...

Coming together, falling apart, and starting over, battery style

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Designed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the device lets scientists add designer molecules to an extremely well-defined electrochemical cell. They can then characterize the...

Predicting the limits of friction: Scientists look at properties of material

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Sandia National Laboratories researchers Michael Chandross, left, and Nicolas Argibay show a computer simulation and an ultrahigh vacuum tribometer used in friction and wear...

Charting the skies of history

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Scouring classical Japanese and Chinese literature -- together with tree ring data -- reveals new insights into auroras and other celestial phenomena of the...