2014年8月12日 星期二

2014-08-13 U.S. Science

  TIME   
Iranian Becomes First Woman to Win Math's Top Prize  Voice of America
An Iranian-born mathematician has become the first woman to win the prestigious mathematics prize known as the Fields Medal. Maryam Mirzakhani will receive the award, widely considered the Nobel Prize for math, at a ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, ...

Fields Medal mathematics prize won by woman for first time in its history   The Guardian
Top Mathemathics Prize Awarded to a Woman For First Time   NEWS.GNOM.ES
Iranian-born Stanford professor first woman to win top maths prize   swissinfo.ch
San Jose Mercury News   
Waterloo Record   
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  International Business Times   
Geckos Can Turn The Stickiness In Their Feet On And Off To Make A Quick Escape  International Business Times
Want to stick to a ceiling? You'll need gecko toe hairs. Researchers at Oregon State University say the little green lizards can turn on "stickiness" for the toe hairs on the bottoms of their feet, enabling them to adhere to any surface, even ceilings. "Since the time ...

Scientists learn secret of how geckos cling to vertical walls   Science Recorder
Geckos control toe hairs to be sticky or not, inspiring bioengineers to do the same   Tech Times
Gecko's Sticky Secret: A Lot Of Toe Hair   Forbes
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  Fox News   
This extreme Antarctic insect has the tiniest genome  Fox News
A female (left) and male (right) Antarctic midge mate. These animals are the only true insects native to Antarctica, and they have the smallest genome ever sequenced.Richard E. Lee, Jr. The Antarctic midge is a simple insect: no wings, a slender black body ...

Antarctic midge has the smallest genome found to date   Daily Digest
Tiny Antarctic Fly Has Smallest Genome Ever Sequenced   Auto World News
Tiny Antarctic midge with smallest genome in the world is small but scrappy   Tech Times
Science Recorder   
Design & Trend   
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  NBCNews.com   
Saving the Elephants? State Bans on Ivory Trade Gather Steam  NBCNews.com
New York's new ban on the trade in elephant ivory was signed into law Tuesday — World Elephant Day — on the heels of a call by a major conservation group for a total global clampdown. But can such bans help save the world's elephants from extinction?
The NRA Is Quietly Fighting For Your Right To Kill Elephants For Their Ivory   Huffington Post
Despite severe poaching, hopeful signs on World Elephant Day   Christian Science Monitor
Battling the Ivory Trade   New York Times (blog)
SFGate   
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  The Space Reporter   
Automated ESA ship docks at ISS for last time  The Space Reporter
According to a European Space Agency statement, the fifth and last of ESA's ATVs has arrived at the International Space Station. The ATV Georges Lemaître, named in honor of the Belgian scientist who devised the Big Bang Theory, docked with the space ...

Space cargo ship docks with ISS   DAWN.com
Europeans Will No Longer Resupply International Space Station   Voice of America
Last European cargo vessel docks with space station   Fox News Latino
Reuters   
Discovery News   
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  Science 2.0   
1RXS: Destruction Of 3 Stars By Black Holes Detected  Science 2.0
Researchers have reported registering three possible occasions of the total destruction of stars by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies. They astrophysicists used data obtained by X-ray orbiting observatories ROSAT and XMM-Newton.
Supermassive Death: 3 Stars Get Eaten By Black Holes   Discovery News
Astrophysicists detect destruction of 3 stars by black holes   Eureka! Science News

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  Tech Times   
Chilean earthquake in 2010 triggered icequakes in Antarctica  Tech Times
Icequakes in Antarctica may have been triggered by an earthquake that took place on 27 Feb. 2010, according to a new study. Chile was devastated by a magnitude 8.8 quake four years ago that created vast property damage around the nation.
Chile's massive 2010 earthquake caused Antarctica glaciers to calve and ...   MercoPress
Chile quake provoked Icequakes   Upstart Magazine
Far-Away Earthquake Caused 'Icequake' in Antarctica   Discovery News
Guardian Liberty Voice   
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  USA TODAY   
Perseid meteors light up skies tonight, despite supermoon  CNET
These showers are so stunning that Google even dedicated an animated Doodle to the celestial show. by Dara Kerr · @darakerr; August 12, 2014 7:30 PM PDT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. more. more +. email. tumblr. stumble.
WATCH LIVE: Perseid meteor shower should be at its peak tonight   The Denver Channel
Perseid meteor shower peaks Tuesday night: How and when to watch this rare ...   Tech Times
Perseid Meteor Shower May Be Visible Despite 'Super Moon'   Big Island Now
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  UPI.com   
Tall prairie grass helps airports keep birds from runway  UPI.com
Geese take flight in Williams, California on January 21, 2008. Fifty thousand geese winter in and around Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt). | License Photo. DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Some 300 acres surrounding the runways at ...

Dayton Airport testing innovative strategy to stop bird strikes   Dayton Business Journal
Airport Tests New Way to Avoid Deadly Bird Strikes   ABC News
Dayton Airport Tests A More Humane Method To Avoid Deadly Bird Strikes   Capital OTC
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  Reuters   
Wolverine protection proposal withdrawn  iStreet Research
wolverine Wildlife defenders are upset with the decision of federal officials for not including the wolverines under the protection of Endangered Species Act. According to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director Dan Ashe, their agency withdraws the proposal for ...

US denies protections for wolverines, outrages conservationists   Reuters
Wolverine proposal withdrawn   Daily Inter Lake
Federal proposal to protect wolverines withdrawn   Salt Lake Tribune
Tech Times   
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