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Physics: Acoustics and Ultrasound
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Music-making and the flow of aerosols - Music-making and the Flow of Aerosols: Understanding the Risks and Mitigating Measures      (via sciencedaily.com) 

If simply breathing can spread the SARS-CoV-2 virus to others nearby, what about blowing into a tuba...

Geoscience: Volcanoes
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Ice-capped volcanoes slower to erupt, study finds - Ice-Capped Volcanoes Slower to Erupt, Study Finds      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The Westdahl Peak volcano in Alaska last erupted in 1992, and continued expansion hints at another e...

Geoscience: Earthquakes Geoscience: Landslides
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Seismic sensing reveals flood damage potential - Seismic Sensing Reveals Flood Damage Potential      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Rapidly evolving floods are a major and growing hazard worldwide. Currently, their onset and evoluti ...

Geoscience: Landslides
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Drenching rains to pose greater threat to fire-damaged areas in West - Drenching Rains to Pose Greater Threat to Fire-Damaged Areas in West      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The western United States this century is facing a greatly heightened risk of heavy rains inundating...

Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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What happens to the waste after an oil spill clean up? - What Happens to the Waste After an Oil Spill Clean Up?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Images of damaged coastlines, oily sheens, containment booms and endangered wildlife are part of eve...

Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Oil spill cleanup workers more likely to have asthma symptoms - Oil Spill Cleanup Workers More Likely to Have Asthma Symptoms      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers from the Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study (GuLF STUDY) found that workers involved in clea...

Geoscience: Volcanoes
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Risk of volcano catastrophe 'a roll of the dice' - Risk of Volcano Catastrophe: A Roll of the Dice      (via sciencedaily.com) 

While funding is pumped into preventing low-probability scenarios such as asteroid collision, the fa...

Space: The Solar System
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Scientists release first analysis of rocks plucked from speeding asteroid - Scientists Release First Analysis of Rocks Plucked from Speeding Asteroid      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have now begun to announce the first results from the analysis of a handful of dirt that...

Environmental: General
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Researchers want drivers to see clearly on the road - Researchers Want Drivers to See Clearly on the Road      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Every year, sun glare contributes to around 3,000 crashes in the United States. Researchers are help...

Space: The Solar System
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Student-built dust counter got few 'hits' on Pluto flyby - Student-Built Dust Counter Got Few 'Hits' on Pluto Flyby      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A student-built instrument riding on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft found only a handful of dust gra...

Computer Science: Virtual Reality (VR)
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Scientists propose a model to predict personal learning performance for virtual reality-based safety training      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

In Korea, workers are being provided with virtual reality (VR)-based safety training content to miti...

Biology: Biochemistry
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Bomb-sniffing rodents undergo 'unusual' reproductive transformations - Bomb-Sniffing Rodents Undergo 'Unusual' Reproductive Transformations      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Female giant African pouched rats, used for sniffing out landmines and detecting tuberculosis, can u...