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Fire ants' raft building skills react as fluid forces change
Fire ants build living rafts to survive floods and rainy seasons. Georgia Tech scientists are studying…
Injection of magnetizable fluid could extend trauma patients' survival time
Inspired by their use in mechanical systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are testing a magnetically-actuated…
Fossils reveal swimming patterns of long extinct cephalopod
Computational fluid dynamics can be used to study how extinct animals used to swim. Scientists studied…
Low-frequency sound may predict tornado formation
How can you tell when a storm is going to produce a tornado even before the…
Reports of Jupiter's Great Red Spot demise greatly exaggerated
The shrinking of the clouds of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter has been well documented…
Coal power set for record fall in 2019: analysis
Global coal-fired power, a key driver of climate change, is set to fall a record 3.0…
Smoker-survivor genes may have long ancestral history of fighting toxins
Longevity genes that helped humans survive ancient airborne toxins may be the same genes that make…
Living at the edge of an active volcano: Risk from lava flows on Mount Etna
On Mt. Etna volcano, inhabited areas have been inundated repeatedly by lava flows in historical times.…
Canadians dying at a higher rate in areas with more air pollution
Air pollution—even at levels below national and international air quality guidelines—is associated with an increased risk…