For half a century, scientists who have developed models of how ecological communities function have arrived…
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TRAX air quality study expands
For more than five years, University of Utah air quality sensors have hitched rides on TRAX…
China to send 'duck army' to help Pakistan fight locusts
China is planning to dispatch a 100,000-strong army of ducks to help Pakistan combat a massive…
Satellite almost on empty gets new life after space docking
A communication satellite almost out of fuel has gotten a new life after the first space…
'Low' socioeconomic status is the biggest barrier to STEM participation
A new study has found that socioeconomic status (SES) has the strongest impact on whether secondary…
Consumers value products more on sunny and snowy days but not when it rains
Weather is an ever-present force in consumers’ daily lives, yet there is little marketing research on…
Large exoplanet could have the right conditions for life
Astronomers have found an exoplanet more than twice the size of Earth to be potentially habitable,…
Scientists make most sensitive measurements to date of silicon's conductivity
Silicon, the best-known semiconductor, is ubiquitous in electronic devices including cellphones, laptops and the electronics in…
Freshwater flowing into the North Pacific plays key role in North America's climate
Massive freshwater river flows stemming from glacier-fed flooding at the end of the last ice age…
Bilingual mash ups: Counterintuitive findings from sociolinguistics
A new study exposes the fallacy of relying on pronunciation as a measure of linguistic proficiency.…