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Extreme space weather events can significantly impact systems such as satellites, communications systems, power distribution and aviation. They are driven by solar activity which...
Women generate lower travel-related greenhouse gas emissions
Women use more diverse modes of travel and generate lower greenhouse gas emissions than men, despite men being more than twice as likely to...
Fluid mechanics mystery solved
An environmental engineering professor has solved a decades-old mystery regarding the behavior of fluids, a field of study with widespread medical, industrial and environmental...
Reusing chicken litter shows benefits
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Ancient enzymes can contribute to greener chemistry
A research team has resurrected several billion-year-old enzymes and reprogrammed them to catalyze completely different chemical reactions than their modern versions can manage. The...
Bees? Please. These plants are putting ants to work
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New explanation for neutrino anomalies in Antarctica
A new article provides a new explanation for two recent strange events that occurred in Antarctica -- high-energy neutrinos appearing to come up out...
Twitter fight: Birds use social networks to pick opponents wisely
Researchers say animals such as monk parakeets seem to understand where they fit in a dominance hierarchy and pick their fights accordingly. This high-level...
Ancient micrometeoroids carried specks of stardust, water to asteroid 4 Vesta
Researchers have studied presolar materials that landed on a planet-like body. Their findings may help solve the mystery: where did all the water on...
Giving GDP a needed ecological companion
Gross ecosystem product (GEP) summarizes the economic value of nature's contributions to humans.
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