Do Roaches Bite? Protect Yourself From A Cockroach Bite
Cockroaches or specifically nocturnal omnivores can bite human skin. Though they bite rarely, even a simple wound caused by them may last for up to…
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Chickadees Use Individual Search Sequences To Forage For Food
Black-capped chickadees are food-storing passerines that are able to keep track of thousands of stored food locations called caches (Sherry, 1984; Healy & Hurly, 2004)….
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Your Subjective Age Is More Important Than Your Actual Age, Study Finds
Physical and mental health is a factor of subjective age (the age you feel). As one age naturally, the subjective age is seen to adopt…
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Novel Therapies From The World Of Biotechnology
By now, most of us know someone who has benefited from the wide range of protein therapeutics produced by the biopharmaceutical industry; someone who had…
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The Search For Efficient, Low-Emission Fuels
New pollution-free fuels are being trialed to enhance and eventually replace fossil fuels. A diesel-based fuel with an added hydrocarbon compound has been shown to…
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The Future Of Municipal Solid Waste Management
Today’s failures in solid waste management is a situation that jeopardizes our environment in huge ways: landfills are the third largest anthropogenic source of methane…
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The Surface Roughness Of 433 Eros From The NEAR Laser Rangefinder
The Near-Earth (not hazardous to Earth) asteroid 433 Eros was explored by the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft in 2000-2001. This mission, built and designed by the Johns…
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From Coal, A New Source Of Rare Earth Elements — But Also A New Identified Risk To The Population!
Rare earth elements (REE) have become a highly valuable commodity due to their increased use in emerging technological applications. The future exploitation of areas with…
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Making Sense Of Quantum Mechanics: Geometric Quantum Theory
The theory of quantum mechanics lies at the basis of our modern understanding of how microscopic particles such as electrons and atomic nuclei behave. Despite…
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Gravity Science Investigation With NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission
The Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Science (EPSS) at UCLA has an impressive record of leadership or participation in NASA missions. For example, the…
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A New Ultra-High-Pressure Equation Of State For Iron Gives Insight Into Super-Earth Interiors
Our knowledge of the Earth’s interior comes from the study of seismic waves during earthquakes, observations of different types of rocks, laboratory experiments, and magnetic…
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