4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
National Science Foundation
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Crocodile smile, incognito from mosquitoes, future frequent floods, and saving sea otters
Article Titles/Links, Credited Institutions & Directorate:
GEO/'100-year' floods will happen every one to 30 years, according to new flood maps
https://engineering.princeton.edu/news/2019/08/23/100-year-floods-will-happen-every-one-30-years-according-new-flood-maps
Princeton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ENG/Mosquito incognito: Could graphene-lined clothing prevent mosquito bites?
https://www.brown.edu/news/2019-08-26/moquitoes
Brown University
GEO/What’s Killing Sea Otters? Scientists Pinpoint Parasite Strain
https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/whats-killing-sea-otters-scientists-pinpoint-parasite-strain/
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
University of California Davis
University of Nebraska
GEO/No teeth cleaning needed: Crocodiles shed old teeth, grow new ones
https://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2019/0813-no-teeth-cleaning-needed-crocodiles-shed-old-teeth-grow-new-ones/
University of Missouri-Columbia
Credit: National Science Foundation