The heart of the United States is a highly productive agricultural region. This "breadbasket" underpins much of U.S. society, but it also relies almost entirely on a complex network of diminishing groundwater resources.
Environment
May 23, 2017
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When scientists develop the chemical formulas for new products such as fuels and medications, they often must first create molecules that haven't previously existed.
Materials Science
May 23, 2017
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The U.S. government is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging that some of its diesel pickup trucks and Jeep SUVs cheat on emissions tests.
Business
May 23, 2017
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It's true—some rocks can float on water for years at a time. And now scientists know how they do it, and what causes them to eventually sink.
Earth Sciences
May 23, 2017
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Evolution is a difficult concept for many students at all levels, however, a study publishing on May 23 in the open access journal PLOS Biology has demonstrated a simple cost-free way to significantly improve students' understanding ...
Social Sciences
May 23, 2017
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While doctors use X-rays to see the broken bones inside our bodies, scientists have developed a new X-ray technique to see inside continuously packed nanoparticles, also known as grains, to examine deformations and dislocations ...
Condensed Matter
May 23, 2017
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In 2012, scientists at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) launched the Ocean Health Index (OHI), a scientific framework to measure and track the health of the world's oceans. ...
Ecology
May 23, 2017
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Biological engineers at Utah State University have successfully decoded and reprogrammed the biosynthetic machinery that produces a variety of natural compounds found in fungi.
Biotechnology
May 23, 2017
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Pointing the Very Large Array (VLA) at a famous galaxy for the first time in two decades, a team of astronomers got a big surprise, finding that a bright new object had appeared near the galaxy's core. The object, the scientists ...
Astronomy
May 23, 2017
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Target Corp. has reached an $18.5 million settlement over a massive data breach that occurred before Christmas in 2013, New York's attorney general announced Tuesday.
Security
May 23, 2017
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