Bones that are separate in small jerboas are fully fused in large ones, but the bone structures that are best at dissipating the stresses of jumping are only partially fused.
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Communities will have varied tolerances for the acreage occupied by renewables. A new study quantifies the land needed for different options.
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The upside is that simple fixes will have a big impact
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Cancer cells delete DNA when they go to the dark side, so a team of doctors and engineers targeted the “backup plans” running critical cell functions.
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New mathematical model links up slithering with some kinds of swimming and walking, and it could make programming many-legged robots easier.
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The new approach moves energy efficiently and could reduce energy losses converting light into electricity.
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Highlights include CNN and Popular Science.
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Work for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy will develop a policy roadmap to safe, low cost water services.
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A peel-off patterning technique could enable more fragile organic semiconductors to be manufactured into semitransparent solar panels at scale.
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The Department of Energy will support research into better heat exchangers as well as improved predictions for neutron physics and radiation damage.
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