"Page 2" - Scientific Topics of Interest

Using the K computer, scientists predict "di-Omega" particle (Press Release, RIKEN ; May 24, 2018) http://www.riken.jp/en/pr/press/2018/20180524_1/ Featured Research Article: Most Strange Dibaryon from Lattice QCD (GONGYO et al. , 2018) https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.212001 Also... Baryons as relativistic three quark bound states (EICHMANN et al. , 2016) https://arxiv.org/pdf/1606.09602.pdf Video: CERN:  The Standard Model of Particle Physics ( BestOfScience , July 22, 2010)

Bay mussels in Puget Sound show traces of oxycodone | Puget Sound Institute : By Jeff Rice The opioid epidemic has now hit the waters of Puget Sound. State agencies tracking pollution levels in Puget Sound have discovered traces of oxycodone in the tissues of native bay mussels ( Mytilus trossulus ) from Seattle and Bremerton area harbors. The mussels were part of the state’s Puget Sound Mussel Monitoring Program. Every … (Jeff RICE, Puget Sound Institute - University of Washington,Tacoma ; May 9, 2018) Featured Publication: Stormwater Action Monitoring 2015/16 Mussel Monitoring Survey [Final Report Number FRT 17-06, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ( WDFW );  August 9, 2017] https://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01925/wdfw01925.pdf

Paper mills as a significant source of PFAS contamination, but who's watching? [Tom NELTNER, Environmental Defense Fund ( EDF ) ; May 21, 2018] http://blogs.edf.org/health/2018/05/21/pfas-paper-mills/ Selected Publications: Avoiding Hidden Hazards - A Purchaser's Guide to Safer Foodware [ Center for Environmental Health (CEH) , January 2018] https://www.ceh.org/wp-content/uploads/CEH-Disposable-Foodware-Report-final-1.31.pdf PFAs in Paper and Board for Food Contact   Options for risk management of poly- and perfluorinated substances (TRIER  et al. , 2017) http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1201324/FULLTEXT01.pdf Fluorinated Compounds in U. S. Fast Food Packaging (SCHAIDER et al. , 2017) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00435 Our Stainfree Future?  A Virtual Issue on Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (HIGGINS and FIELDS, 2017) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1021/acs.est.7b02575 In:   ...

Galeamopus pabsti New species of dinosaur increases the already unexpected diversity of 'whiplash dinosaurs' (PeerJ, Phys.org ; May 2, 2017) https://phys.org/news/2017-05-species-dinosaur-unexpected-diversity-whiplash.html Osteology of Galeamopus pabsti sp. nov (Sauropoda:  Diplodocidae), with implications of neurocentral closure timing, and cervical closure transition in dipolocids (TSCHOPP and MATEUS, 2017) https://peerj.com/articles/3179.pdf Museum Event Jurassic Geist ( Cincinnati Museum Center ; May 15, 2018 ) https://www.cincymuseum.org/jurassic-geist Magyarosuchus fitosi Jurassic fossil is missing link in crocodile family tree (News, University of Edinburgh ; 10 May 2018) https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2018/jurassic-fossil-missing-link-crocodile-family-tree A new large-bodied thalattosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Jurassic (Toarchian) of Hungary, with further evidence of the mosaic acquisition of marine adapations of Metriorhynchoidea (ÖSI...

Okeanos Explorer | Expeditions | NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: Gulf of Mexico 2018 Also... Scientist spent a month exploring the Gulf of Mexico's deep sea habitats - and the images they brought back are astonishing (Science, South China Morning Post ; May 14, 2018) http://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2146015/scientists-spent-month-exploring-gulf-mexicos-deep Expedition Reveals the Mysteries at the Bottom of the Gulf of Mexico (Ian EVANS, News Deeply/Oceans Deeply ; May 11, 2018) https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/community/2018/05/11/expedition-reveals-the-mysteries-at-the-bottom-of-the-gulf-of-mexico Publications: NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer :  2018 Field Season Overview October 2017 - September 2018 ( NOAA Ocean Exploration and Research ) https://oeab.noaa.gov/sites/oeab/Documents/4_2018%20Expeditions%20Prospectus.pdf New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration The E/V Nautilus , NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer and R/V Falkor  2017 Field Sea...

NASA cancels carbon monitoring research program (Paul VOOSEN, Science ; 11 May 2018) http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6389/586.full The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere just hit its highest level in 800,000 years and scientist predict deadly consequences (Kevin LORIA, Business Insider ; May 8, 2018) http://www.businessinsider.com/carbon-dioxide-record-human-health-effects-2018-5 Carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere reach 'highest level in 800,000 years' (Chloe FARAND, Independent UK ; May 5, 2018) https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/carbon-dioxide-concentration-atmosphere-highest-level-800000-years-mauna-loa-observatory-hawaii-a8337921.html Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hits record high monthly average (Rob MONROE, The Keeling Curve - Scripps Institution of Oceanography,UC San Diego ; May 2, 2018) https://scripps.ucsd.edu/programs/keelingcurve/2018/05/02/carbon-dioxide-in-the-atmosphere-hits-record-high-monthly-average/ V...

When nearby plants touch leaves, neighbors' roots grow away from crowded areas [SLU News, Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU); 03 May 2018] https://www.slu.se/en/ew-news/2018/5/kommunikation-mellan-rotter/ Featured Research Article: Aboveground mechanical stimuli affect belowground plant-plant communication (ELHAKEEM et al. , 2018) http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0195646 PDF http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0195646&type=printable

Where to Watch NASA's InSight Mars Lander Launch from the California Coast (Elizabeth HOWELL, Space.com ; April 30, 2018) Website : NASA's Mars InSight Mission https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/