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Concrete module with self-healing oyster reef structure installed to protect military base in Florida’s Panhandle Bay
Single Reefense module. This will be part of more than 800 interconnected modules that will form the backbone of the experimental hybrid reef. Credit: David Buschek U.S. Air Force officials on Oct. 30 launched a new type of ship, the first part of a Rutgers University-designed “self-healing” facility, in the waters of St. Andrew Bay off the coast of Tyndall…
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Sea turtles make a comeback on beaches at two British military bases in Cyprus
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Protected green and loggerhead sea turtles are enjoying a major comeback on the beaches of two British military bases on the island of Cyprus, with nest numbers exceeding last year’s record by nearly 25 percent, conservationists said on Tuesday. A total of 382 sea turtle nests have been recorded across all beaches on base this year,…
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Geologists and dentists create dental database to help identify missing military remains
Map showing the amount of heavy oxygen in local groundwater. Courtesy of the Bowen Institute. More than 80,000 American soldiers are missing from past wars, mostly from World War II. When remains are found, decomposition often makes identification difficult, but not impossible. Even without names, fingerprints or facial features, our histories remain locked in the atoms of the hardest tissue…
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Biology
Geologists and dentists create dental database to help identify missing military remains
Map showing the amount of heavy oxygen in local groundwater. Courtesy of the Bowen Institute. More than 80,000 American soldiers are missing from past wars, mostly from World War II. When remains are found, decomposition often makes identification difficult, but not impossible. Even without names, fingerprints or facial features, our histories remain locked in the atoms of the hardest tissue…
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