Research: Expansion of agricultural land reduces carbon dioxide absorption —
Climate change is heavily related to the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere. During photosynthesis, plants absorb some of the industrial CO2 emissions...
Research: Semiconductor quantum transistor opens the door for photon-based computing —
Transistors are tiny switches that form the bedrock of modern computing; billions of them route electrical signals around inside a smartphone, for instance.
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Research: Heat-conducting crystals could help computer chips keep their cool —
If your laptop or cell phone starts to feel warm after playing hours of video games or running too many apps at one...
Research: New assay reveals biophysical properties that allow certain proteins to infect others —
Scientists at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have identified a physical basis for the spread of corrupted proteins known as prions inside...
Research: First ever hybrid embryo produced outside the womb —
Northern White Rhinos (NWR) are functionally extinct, as only two females of this species are left on the planet. An international team of...
Research: Ancient genome analyses reveal mosaic pattern of goat domestication thousands of years ago...
An international team of scientists, led by geneticists from Trinity College Dublin, have sequenced the genomes from ancient goat bones from areas in...
Research: To break, or not to break —
An extremely fast "electron camera" at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has produced the most detailed atomic movie of the...
Research: First dogs in the Americas arrived from Siberia, disappeared after European contact —
A study reported in the journal Science offers an enhanced view of the origins and ultimate fate of the first dogs in the...
Research: What does global climate have to do with erosion rates? Not so much,...
For the last several decades, Geoscientists have been intrigued by a potential link between erosion rates at Earth's surface and changes in global...
Research: Improved design may be used for exploring disaster zones —
MIT's Cheetah 3 robot can now leap and gallop across rough terrain, climb a staircase littered with debris, and quickly recover its balance...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
