A significant number of manatees have died this year as a result of red tide blooms off the southwest coast of Florida, more than 180 so far. These red tide blooms are largely caused, and made more severe, by agricultural and urban runoff that the alga Karenia brevis then uses for food. And now in […]
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WWF has released a briefing paper on post-2020 renewable energy targets. The EU has had some of the most aggressive renewable energy and energy efficiency policies and programs for over two decades now. However, its fuel imports have still risen considerably. Already-established renewable energy and energy efficiency leadership will help the EU to curtail that
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It has been a popular assumption in evolutionary biology that when an organism develops very highly specialized traits that it cannot return to the lifestyle that its predeccessors lived. But newly released research on the evolutionary path of dust mites is offering a strong argument against that idea. The research has found that the ancestors
The Manatee Nebula is the subject of a beautiful new image taken by the Very Large Array radio telescope network in New Mexico. The name for the nebula is actually brand new, the image is being released to coincide with a naming ceremony taking place at the Florida Manatee Festival. Those involved are hoping that
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A ‘super-Jupiter’, an exoplanet similar to Jupiter but much more massive has been discovered orbiting the massive star Kappa Andromedae. This is one of the rare times that an exoplanet has been observed directly, in this case aided by its enormous size and relatively close proximity. The planet has a mass at least 13 times
Given the increasing level of influence that the modern consumer wields, it is little wonder that businesses and brands have begun to pay closer attention to their behaviour. This trend is reflected in the growing sense of social responsibility among larger corporations, which mirrors the ethos of consumers who are keen to live a
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The oldest fossils of any species from the Giant Panda family were recently discovered in Spain. These fossils represent the oldest known evidence of the endangered giant panda and the ecological niche that it fills. The fossils have also shed some light on the origins of this unique bear, and its highly specialized diet. The
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A previously discovered exoplanet that had its existence called into question by outside researchers is most likely a real planet, according to new research. The work, done with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, is reviving the idea that the nearby star Fomalhaut is orbited by a massive exoplanet. The research suggests that the planet “is a
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Here are two recent news stories on black silicon solar cells getting efficiency boosts from German and US scientists, courtesy Solar Love: Black Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency Doubled While conventional solar cells can absorb a good portion of the Sun’s light, they completely miss the boat on getting anything from the infrared spectrum. But black
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Carbon nanotubes can provide a very useful function as a new way to detect harmful gases that are present in the air. But, currently, the methods that are used to build carbon nanotube sensors involve hazardous materials and aren’t really suited for production on a large-scale. But now, a newly created fabrication method that
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