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Taking a landslide's temperature to avert catastrophe
Engineers from Duke University have developed a comprehensive new model of deep-seated landslides and demonstrated that…
Accelerating biological systems design for sustainable biomanufacturing
Northwestern University synthetic biologists have developed a new rapid-prototyping system to accelerate the design of biological…
New study reveals racial disparities in fear of police brutality
A recently published nationwide study by two University of South Florida professors indicates that blacks are…
Researchers show Canada Basin's diminished capacity to absorb carbon dioxide
New research by University of Delaware doctoral student Zhangxian Ouyang and oceanographer Wei-Jun Cai, and an…
While stargazing on Mars, Curiosity rover spots Earth and Venus
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover occasionally stops to stargaze. Recently, it captured a shot of Earth and…
Researchers unlock clues to a dramatic chapter of Earth's geological history
Imagine Earth completely covered in ice. While it’s hard to picture all of today’s oceans and…
Wounded plants: How they coordinate their healing
When we cut our fingers, blood rushes out of the wound to close it. However, the…
No single solution helps all students complete MOOCs
In one of the largest educational field experiments ever conducted, a team co-led by a Cornell…
Scientists discover three-dimensional structure in smaller water droplet
Water and its interactions with other substances are essential to human life. However, understanding the structure…