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Monitoring conflict and climate could help stop famines before they happen
Deaths due to famine have fallen precipitously in recent decades, but undernutrition, which affects one in…
NASA airborne campaign catches the drift of snow water
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—the time NASA’s SnowEx campaign hits the skies and…
Our favorite holiday gift? A box of Apollo moon soil
Fortunately for today’s scientists, Apollo-era leaders had the foresight to save much of the 842 pounds…
Portraits of particulate matter
On solar farms in particularly dusty places in the world, like the Arabian Peninsula and parts…
How 'houses as ATMs' feed a recession
For most Americans, their home is their most valuable asset, so it makes sense to borrow…
New study suggests 'enigmatic hominoid' did not walk upright and was not a tree climber
An international team of researchers has concluded that the so-called “enigmatic hominoid” did not walk upright…
Synthetic magnetism leads photons on a 2-D quantum walk
Randomness governs many things, from the growth of cell colonies and the agglomeration of polymers to…
LAMOST first data release provides fundamental parameters of nearly 30,000 M dwarfs
Based on the first data release (DR1) from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope…
Empowering the communities most vulnerable to disaster
In her prior life, Jaishree Beedasy was teaching chemical engineering courses. Then she decided to pursue…