Accelerating Rate Of Sea Level Rise And The Fate Of Coastal Ecosystems And Urbanized Areas
During the past 3000 years (called the Late Holocene) the rate of sea level rise was less than 1 mm y-1 and coastal ecosystems such…
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Yearly Archive: 2018
Unneutralized Electric Currents In Flare Prediction
Solar flares are abrupt brightenings in the solar atmosphere. The released energy is emitted throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum, from radio wavelengths to high energy…
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Using Genetic Engineering To Control Leaf Miner Insects In Tomato Plants
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, more than 2.75 million metric tons of pesticides were used worldwide in 2015 with…
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Overview Of Our Current Understanding Of Galactic Spiral Arms In The Milky Way
How far are we from the Center of the Galaxy? How far is the Sun from the center of the Milky Way (Galactic Center, GC)?…
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Updated Census For Work-related Fatal And Non-fatal Injuries And Illnesses By Animals In The US
Compared to the general population, workers can be more vulnerable to animal-related injuries and illnesses. Injuries and illnesses to workers from animal encounters may result…
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Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering: A Tool For Single Molecule Detection
Raman scattering of photons by molecules was discovered by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, an Indian physicist, in 1923. Raman received the Nobel prize in Physics in…
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How Platelet Regulation Varies In Humans With Cyclic Thrombocytopenia
Making all of the blood cells in your body is no small feat. Every day, the hematopoietic system produces over 100 billion blood cells, just…
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Commonly Used Antihypertensive Drugs In The Treatment Of Schizophrenia Or Dementia? Let’s Talk About Kynurenic Acid
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder, which very commonly needs lifelong treatment. Frequently patients present the paranoid form of schizophrenia, in which positive symptoms, like…
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Optimal Energy Growth In Plasma Instabilities
The Sun, our closest star, is a ball of plasma interacting with a magnetic field. This interaction leads to a host of fascinating and complex…
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What Can Mathematical Analysis Reveal About The Behavior Of A Fluid?
The study of flows or fluid mechanics began since antiquity for everyday applications such as irrigation in agriculture. Several innovative and complex irrigation systems have…
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Comparing Cyanobacterial Blooms In Artificial Vs. Natural Waterbodies
Cyanobacteria are prokaryotic, autotrophic organisms which, developing in mass, create water blooms. Increasing temperature due to global warming and anthropogenic eutrophication are factors considered to…
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