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Field campaign collects radiation and cloud measurements over a forested landscape with diverse surface properties.
New Model Predicts How Geographic Features Influence Evolutionary Outcomes
Biologists have developed a new method to measure the extent to which regional geographic features — including barriers between regions, like mountains or water — affect local rates of speciation, extinction and dispersal for species.
Active Video Games Provide Alternative Workout
Study shows exergaming has positive health effects for people who don’t want to hit the gym.
Collaborative RIPE Team Prove Leaf Width-Biomass Correlations in Cowpea
In a collaboration between RIPE researchers and cowpea breeders from Ahmadu Bello University, and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, the width of cowpea leaves was found to correlate with above-ground biomass across diverse germplasm and environmental conditions.
Southwest Research Institute Revitalizing Hydrogen Engine Concepts
Southwest Research Institute is investigating clean automotive technologies to enable traditional internal combustion (IC) engines to efficiently run on hydrogen fuel.