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Cell & Microbiology Feb 10, 2023

How fingerprints get their unique whorls

An international team of scientists with a myriad of backgrounds has revealed the process by which unique fingerprints develop. In their research, published open access in the journal Cell, the group studied the development ...

Analytical Chemistry Feb 10, 2023

How protein-rich droplets form

Using a new method, terahertz (THz) calorimetry, a research team from the Cluster of Excellence Ruhr Explores Solvation (RESOLV) in Bochum shed new light on the spontaneous phase separation into a protein-rich and a protein-poor ...

Social Sciences Feb 1, 2023

Study offers neurological explanation for how brains bias partisans against new information

What causes two people from opposing political parties to have strongly divergent interpretations of the same word, image or event?

Evolution Jan 20, 2023

Just one degree can change a species

It is not exactly a surprise that climate affects life on Earth. At least major changes in climate make a difference. We know that not all species thrive everywhere on the planet.

Environment Jan 19, 2023

Study sheds light on how human activities shape global forest structure

Climate change and human activities strongly influence forests, but researchers have not fully understood the pervasiveness of these stressors and how they will shape future forest structure.

Social Sciences Jan 16, 2023

Are the Clintons actually writing their novels? An expert uses 'stylometry' to analyze Hillary and Bill's writing

In 2018, former US president Bill Clinton coauthored a novel with James Patterson, the world's bestselling author. "The President is Missing" is a typical Patterson: a page-turner of a thriller, easy to read, with short chapters ...

Environment Jan 5, 2023

Study creates new open-access database to better identify plastic pollution sources

Research led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) provides a new open-access Raman spectral library that can be used to detect molecular "fingerprints" of particles and better ...

Environment Jan 3, 2023

Northeastern Wisconsin PFAS plume moves into Green Bay via groundwater

A new study has found that a plume of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from an industrial source has made its way into Green Bay, Lake Michigan, through the movement of groundwater.

Astronomy Dec 12, 2022

UK-led robotic sky scanner reveals its first galactic fingerprint

A major telescope upgrade has peered through to the distant universe to reveal the spectra of a pair of galaxies 280 million light years away from Earth.

Biochemistry Nov 30, 2022

Researchers build powerful model for discovering new drugs

Researchers have developed a new computer framework that holds promise in the work to discover new drugs. Their framework uses an artificial intelligence method called a convolutional neural network to provide global information ...

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