A mediator for General Motors has begun negotiations about settling more than 300 claims related to a deadly ignition switch problem in some older model small cars.
Business
May 2, 2014
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Observations of insects and their feeding marks on leaves in modern forests confirm indications from fossil leaf deposits that the diversity of chewing damage relates directly to diversity of the insect population that created ...
Plants & Animals
May 2, 2014
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With the bursting of spring, pollen is in the air. Most of the pollen that is likely tickling your nose and making your eyes water is being dispersed in a sexually immature state consisting of only two cells (a body cell ...
Plants & Animals
May 2, 2014
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In the movies, humans often fear invaders from Mars. These days, scientists are more concerned about invaders to Mars, in the form of micro-organisms from Earth. Three recent scientific papers examined the risks of interplanetary ...
Space Exploration
May 2, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The icing on the cake for semiconductor nanocrystals that provide a non-damped optoelectronic effect may exist as a layer of tin that segregates near the surface.
Nanophysics
May 2, 2014
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New research by scientists at the University of York sheds light on how bacteria exploit human proteins during infections.
Biochemistry
May 2, 2014
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National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis postdoctoral fellow Jiang Jiang and University of Miami ecologist Don DeAngelis have won the 2014 best paper award from the Ecological Society of America for their ...
Ecology
May 2, 2014
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Microsoft is opening a state-of-the-art training facility in Miami, its first within the United States, the company announced Friday.
Business
May 2, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A mysterious illness is killing starfish, or sea stars, on both U.S. coasts in unprecedented numbers, and marine scientists have no idea what it is or how to help the creatures survive. In a News Focus article ...
New images of the endangered Caucasian leopard emerged this week proving ten years of conservation efforts are working.
Ecology
May 2, 2014
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