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What's making Europe's trees so sick?
We are! Pollution appears to be causing a distressing trend of malnutrition for Europe's arboreal citizens.
Turn out the lights at noon for Daylight Hour
Natural light is free and plentiful and the day is long.
A robotic greenhouse capable to operate automatically in the Arctic
(Tomsk Polytechnic University) An innovative greenhouse for Arctic farming will combine advanced technologies of Tomsk Polytechnic University. Luminescent nanoceramics for lighting, phytotrons with adjusted spectral radiation, and an automated contro...
Digitalisation meets the Middle Ages
(St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences) Smartphones and touchscreens could turn museum visits into a digital and multimedia experience. In the months ahead, an example of this can be seen in Admont Abbey in Austria. In a special exhibition, the...
Einstein's Greatest Theory Validated on a Galactic Scale
Astronomers have used a pair of galaxies far beyond the Milky Way to test general relativity with unprecedented precision-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How to Fix Recommendation Bias and Evaluation Inflation
It’s rampant in academia, but the U.S. Marine Corps can help-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
NSF funds Natural History Museum of Utah, College of Ed to develop online curriculum
(University of Utah) NSF has awarded a grant with total funding expected to reach $1.3 million this month to the Natural History Museum of Utah and the College of Education at the University of Utah. This project, titled Engaging Practices for Inquir...
Wealthy philanthropists wage war. On cats.
With a $1 million donation, Andrew and Jane Cliffordhope to double the size of the world's largest cat-free sanctuary.
What causes the sound of a dripping tap -- and how do you stop it?
(University of Cambridge) Scientists have solved the riddle behind one of the most recognisable, and annoying, household sounds: the dripping tap. And crucially, they have also identified a simple solution to stop it, which most of us already have in...
Inhaled nitric oxide may reduce kidney complications from heart surgery
(American Thoracic Society) Administration of nitric oxide gas during and for 24 hours following heart surgery decreased the risk of patients developing acute and chronic kidney problems, a randomized, controlled trial conducted in China found.