How The White Stork Protects Sparrows
More than 10% of bird species breed colonially, in assemblages. This strategy has several advantages. Birds in colonies can detect predators more efficiently, defend communally…
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Moth-Eye Mimicking By Electrochemical Oxidation Of Aluminum
Nature has long inspired scientists around the world to engineer the materials of particular functional properties, such as anti-icing, non-wetting surfaces, self- assembly, healing abilities,…
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Generation Of Net Sediment Transport By Velocity Skewness In Oscillatory Sheet Flow
The velocity of oscillatory flows resulting from nearshore short waves usually become skewed with peaked narrow flow crest and flat wide flow troughs in wave…
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The Driving Forces Of China’s Rapid Urbanization From 1949 To 2015
Since the foundation of People’s Republic of China in 1949, Chinese cities have experienced rapid development. Various policies and socioeconomic forces drove the development in…
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Measuring Noise Emissions During Aircraft Take-Off
During the last decades, the use of air transport has dramatically increased generally due to globalization, which has caused a rising need for mobility. Consequently,…
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Thirsty Reservoirs: The Water Footprint Of Hydroelectric Dam Construction
Freshwater availability is limited. During many periods of the year and in many places around the world, the demand for freshwater for human use exceeds…
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Acoustics At The Nanoscale
Advances in nanotechnology have provided acoustic researchers with a number of new materials, with features such as nanofibers and nanopores, that can potentially be implemented…
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Lagrangian Coherent Structures: Nature’s Transport Barriers
No time to see, in broad daylight Streams full of stars, like the skies at night These lines by W.H. Davies describe our general attitude…
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Age At Natural Menopause And The Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study
Menopause is a natural process that marks the end of the reproductive period in women. This major life transition happens when the ovaries no longer…
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Finding Time For Evolution
Time is a concept that is taken for granted in most areas of human life. It is treated casually without much thought, and we only…
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Improvement Of Fatigue Prediction For Better Material Design
Fatigue represents the loss of a material’s performance (mainly mechanical properties) under constant cyclic, or periodic, loading. In general, researchers only investigate the number of…
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