Two Moai are shown during excavations by Jo Anne Van Tilburg and her team at Rano Raraku quarry on Rapa Nui, better known as Easter…
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Mountaineers and winter sports enthusiasts know the dangers of frostbite — the tissue damage that can occur when extremities, such as the nose, ears, fingers,…
Ready-to-eat salads, also known as fresh-cut or bagged salads, have steadily gained popularity since their introduction in Europe in the early 1980s. This popularity is…
Patrick Wayne, who received a Ph.D. from the UNM Department of Mechanical Engineering, was lead author on this study. Credit: University of New Mexico According…
As the climate changes, myriad animal populations are being impacted. In particular, Arctic sea-ice is in decline, causing polar bears in the Barents Sea region…
A tagged elephant seal basks on Kerguelen Island, a French territory in the Antarctic. Elephant seals are tagged as part of a French research program…
Exerting Self-Control Does Not Mean Sacrificing Pleasure Choosing to eat chocolate cake instead of carrot sticks does not equal a lack of self-control, according to…
Anthracnose Alert: How Bacteria Prime Fifth-Biggest Global Grain Crop Against Deadly Fungus Anthracnose of Sorghum bicolor devastates crops of the drought- and heat-resistant cereal worldwide.…
This is a NASA image showing the ozone hole at its maximum extent for 2015. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The Montreal Protocol, an…
A visual cue used by animators to accompany the acoustic characteristics of belching within the data set, called the “wavy lip gesture.” Credit: Jessica Moore…
A woman carrying a heavy load on a flexible bamboo pole walking on a force plate. Credit: Bertram Lab, University of Calgary Carrying heavy loads…
Advanced pivot irrigation systems such as mobile drip irrigation, low-energy precision application and low-energy spray application reduce wind drift and evaporation – allowing for reduced…
Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution. Credit: Marys_Photos; Pixabay Graphene Flagship partners the University of Bologna, Politecnico di Milano, CNR, NEST, Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group, the…
If not for Twitter, Donald Trump may not be in the White House today. ‘Going Negative’: How Trump Has Changed the Twitter Narrative If not…
Credit: The American Chemical Society Will cryogenically freezing yourself and coming back to life ever be reality? When you die, there are a lot of…
Researchers employed 20 kilometers (pink) of a 51-kilometer undersea fiber-optic cable, normally used to communicate with an off-shore science node (MARS, Monterey Accelerated Research System),…
Working together scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS in Warsaw, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Baltic Institute of Technology in Gdynia and American…
Infrared light is focused onto the sharp metallic tip of an atomic force microscope, enabling the acquisition of vibrational spectra from a graphene-liquid interface. Credit:…
More research into suicide needed ‘urgently,’ say international team. An international team of researchers has identified key networks within the brain that they say interact…
Dogs use facial expressions and body language to communicate with conspecifics and humans. Credit: Sylvio Tüpke The first comprehensive study of the human ability to…