Isotope ratios found in meteorites suggest that a supernova exploded nearby while the sun and solar system were still forming. But the blast wave from a supernova that close could have potentially destroyed the nascent solar ...
Astronomy
Jun 22, 2023
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Actin filaments—protein structures critical to living movement from single cells to animals—have long been known to have polarity associated with their physical characteristics, with growing "barbed" and shrinking "pointed" ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 8, 2023
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Deep in the depths of our galactic ocean, astronomers have observed triggered star formation in the Nessie Nebula.
Astronomy
Jun 7, 2023
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Publishing in the journal International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, the team led by researchers based at the State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems deposited different biomaterials simultaneously ...
Biotechnology
Jun 5, 2023
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An international team of astrophysicists has discovered something wholly new, hidden in the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
Astronomy
Jun 2, 2023
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A team of environmental engineers at ETH Zurich's Institute of Environmental Engineering working with a colleague from the University of Luxembourg has found that the movement of individual gliding filaments of Trichodesmium ...
Most biological cells have a fixed place in an organism. However, cells can become mobile and move through the body. This happens, for example, during wound healing or when tumor cells divide uncontrollably and migrate through ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 24, 2023
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An article published in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering brings good news for coffee buffs: the plastic in used coffee pods can be recycled to make filament for 3D printers, minimizing its environmental ...
Materials Science
May 3, 2023
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Recently-published research from an international team of physicists reveals how the three-dimensional shape of rigid microscopic filaments determines their dynamics when suspended in water, and how control of that shape ...
General Physics
Apr 21, 2023
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A team of material scientists and engineers affiliated with a host of institutions in China took a new look at the incandescent light bulb and found a way to improve its efficiency. In their paper published in the journal ...
