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Evolution: Larger datasets unravel deep roots
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) Comparative genome content analyses provide insight into the early evolution of animals. A novel method that permits the use of larger datasets in such studies yields results that are consistent with classical...
New materials for high-voltage supercapacitors
(Tohoku University) A research team led by Tohoku University in Japan has developed new materials for supercapacitors with higher voltage and better stability than other materials. Their research was recently published in the journal Energy and Envir...
Two mini-probes fade into the sunset beyond Mars: Is Opportunity rover next?
This image of Mars was captured by one of NASA’s MarCO satellites from a distance of about 4,700 miles, about 10 minutes after the descent of NASA’s Mars InSight lander on Nov. 26, 2018. The grid seen on the right edge of the image is the spacecraft’...
Ob–Gyns Do Too Much Fetal Monitoring
It’s important in high-risk pregnancies, but most pregnancies aren’t risky-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Putting Solar Panels on Water Is a Great Idea--but Will It Float?
The U.S. has been slow to embrace the technology, even though Japan and China are zooming ahead-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Cosmos on your coffee table: These big books make a big impact for holiday giving
“Space Atlas,” “Space Stations,” “All Over the Map” and “The Universe Today Ultimate Guide to Viewing the Cosmos” are among newly released coffee-table books with cosmic themes. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle)
If you’re going to give somebody a book fo...
Group Outlines a Path to Reduce Emissions from "Trickier" Sectors
A clean energy think tank has proposed ways to make industry and shipping cleaner with existing technologies-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Crowdsourced field data shows importance of smallholder farms to global food production
(International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) A new global field size data set collected as part of a crowdsourcing citizen science project by IIASA researchers has shown that the proportion of smallholder farms may be much larger than previ...
How to Vaccinate a Wild Bat
A new technology could make it much easier to fight deadly white-nose syndrome-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Meet Michael, the supercomputer designed to accelerate UK research for EV batteries
(The Faraday Institution) A new supercomputer designed to speed up research on two of the UK's most important battery research projects has been installed at University College London (UCL). Named Michael, after the UK's most famous battery...