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Study provides new insight into the origin of Canary Islands caldera
Las Cañadas caldera at Tenerife, Canary Islands, is the result of different episodes of caldera collapses,…
Researchers calculate soil freezing depth from satellite data
A team of researchers from the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS),…
ATLAS Experiment explores the Higgs boson 'discovery channels'
At the European Physical Society Conference on High-Energy Physics (EPS-HEP) in Ghent, Belgium, the ATLAS Collaboration…
More teens are dropping maths. Here are three reasons to stick with it
The numbers of secondary school students who take higher-level maths and science are low in Australia.…
New research helps hay producers manage Bermuda grass stem maggot
A relatively new pest—the Bermuda grass stem maggot—is plaguing Texas hay producers this season, according to…
A century of public housing: building homes, not just houses, takes more than bricks and mortar
Good quality, affordable housing is of vital importance to people’s sense of identity, health and general…
Can plants think? They could one day force us to change our definition of intelligence
Some might balk at the idea that plants made of roots, stems and leaves could have…
A scientific approach to recreate metabolic evolution in plants
Plants have evolved to produce a variety of compounds that vary from species to species. These…
Simulation technique predicts microstructures of alloys used in jet engines—before they are made
Japanese researchers were able to rapidly and accurately predict the microstructure of Nickel-Aluminum (Ni-Al) alloys that…