A scientist at Duke University says the natural evolution of social organizations into larger and more complex communities that exhibit distinct hierarchies can be predicted from the same law of physics that gives rise to ...
General Physics
Jun 20, 2018
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Each of us is only half human. The other half is microbial. Trillions of viruses, fungi, bacteria and other microscopic organisms coat our skin and line our vital organs.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 29, 2018
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Company loyalty is a double-edged sword, according to a new study. Managers target loyal workers over less committed colleagues when dolling out unpaid work and additional job tasks.
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2023
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Often described as the blueprint of life, DNA contains the instructions for making every living thing from a human to a house fly.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 23, 2016
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Electrical engineers at Duke University have determined the theoretical fundamental limit for how much electromagnetic energy a transparent material with a given thickness can absorb. The finding will help engineers optimize ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 14, 2024
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By combining an FDA-approved cancer immunotherapy with an emerging tumor-roasting nanotechnology, Duke University researchers improved the efficacy of both therapies in a proof-of-concept study using mice.
Bio & Medicine
Aug 17, 2017
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For more than a decade, a rare but potentially deadly fungus called Cryptococcus deuterogatti has taken up residence in the Pacific Northwest and Vancouver Island. Unlike its cousin Cryptococcus neoformans, which mostly infects ...
Biotechnology
Mar 4, 2016
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Researchers have pinpointed the environmental source of fungal infections that have been sickening HIV/AIDS patients in Southern California for decades. It literally grows on trees.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 21, 2014
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Several years after Duke University researchers announced spectacular behavior of a low density ultracold gas cloud, researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory have observed strikingly similar properties in a very hot ...
Plasma Physics
Feb 15, 2009
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Female beauty may have less to do with attracting the opposite sex than previously thought, at least in the animal world, researchers say.
Evolution
Jan 30, 2017
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