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New England Aquarium researchers were conducting a regular survey of the waters south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts. What they spotted, a whale without a dorsal fin, led the researchers to think that it might be a North Atlantic right whale. But the whale’s skin was blotchy, and if it were a right whale, something would have been wrong.
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) was founded in 2000 by then tánaiste Mary Harney to aggressively evolve basic and applied research into twin foundations for the Irish economy. In 2020, Ireland scored 12th worldwide for general scientific paper citations, including a remarkable second place in immunology and third place in both agricultural sciences, and pharmacology and toxicology.
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2 years ago Read more at The Irish Times

In the last 10 years, the number of students in information science has grown 524 percent, according to data from Cornell Institutional Research and Planning. However, students have felt the department’s growing pains, struggling to enroll in core courses and access help in overflowing office hours. In the 2022-23 academic year, just two core courses could have been fulfilled in the spring, compared to all five in the fall semester.
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2 years ago Read more at Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun

Jacob Gross was named a finalist for this year's Regeneron Science Talent Search Competition. The top 40 finalists receive a $25,000 award and will compete for the top award of $250,000.
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2 years ago Read more at News 12 Long Island

Listeria monocytogenes was the top Listeria type found in chicken, quail, and pork meat, while Listeria innocua and Listeria welshimeri were the predominant species in duck and turkey meat. In 30 of 45 samples, more than one species of Listeria was identified. Of 59 Listeria strains, 33 were multi-drug resistant.
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2 years ago Read more at Food Safety News

This is not to say that classical physics is wrong. The more adaptive our language around how we describe those models becomes, the more critical language itself becomes to preserving a model’s integrity. In this way, Barad calls attention to the adaptive nature of the quantum world, but the fluidity of gender dynamics.
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2 years ago Read more at Duke Chronicle

Scientists from University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital in the United Kingdom collected cells from amniotic fluid samples taken during 12 pregnancies. They envision their approach could eventually help doctors monitor and treat congenital conditions before birth. In the U.K., the legal limit for terminating a pregnancy is generally 22 weeks after conception.
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2 years ago Read more at ABC News

Delta has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for international collaboration on heat-resilient coral research. Mote serves as a leader for science-based marine conservation policy in the United States, holding a world-leading position in scientific research for coral restoration. This partnership marks the first overseas endeavor, establishing collaborative ties among the three marine authorities.
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2 years ago Read more at Process & Control Today

Global sea surface temperatures are also at their highest ever recorded, data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service shows. The data shows February was 1.77C warmer than the pre-industrial average for the month, from 1850-1900, and 0.81C above 1991-2020 levels. And the global average temperature for the past 12 months – between March 2023 and February 2024 – is the highest on record.
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2 years ago Read more at The Independent

The pictures, along with huge amounts of data, have been downloaded just hours before night falls at the lunar south pole. Intuitive Machines, the US company behind the mission, said it will now be possible to reconstruct the landing to understand how Odysseus came to rest on its side. The big unknown is whether the batteries and electronics can survive temperatures that dip below -200C (-328F)
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2 years ago Read more at Sky News