How does Earth sustain its magnetic field?
How did the chemical makeup of our planet's core shape its geologic history and habitability?
Earth Sciences
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Simple urine test uses nanotechnology to detect dangerous blood clotting
Life-threatening blood clots can form in anyone who sits on a plane for a long time, is confined to bed while recovering from surgery, or takes certain medications.
Bio & Medicine
Oct 16, 2013
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Can you kill a star with iron?
Since the energy required to fuse iron is more than the energy that you get from doing it, could you use iron to kill a star like our sun?
Astronomy
Sep 29, 2015
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New catalyst helps turn carbon dioxide into fuel
Imagine grabbing carbon dioxide from car exhaust pipes and other sources and turning this main greenhouse gas into fuels like natural gas or propane: a sustainability dream come true.
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 18, 2019
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Champion nano-rust for producing solar hydrogen
EPFL and Technion researchers have figured out the "champion" nanostructures able to produce hydrogen in the most environmentally friendly and cheap manner, by simply using daylight.
Materials Science
Jul 7, 2013
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Mystery Iron Age warrior buried on small island off the coast of England determined to be female
A team of archaeologists and historians from multiple institutions in the U.K. and the U.S. has found evidence that an Iron Age warrior whose remains were found in a grave on the island of Bryher, off the coast of England, ...
Scientists discover unlikely culprit for fertilizing North Pacific Ocean: Asian dust
The vast subtropical "gyres—large systems of rotating currents in the middle of the oceans—cover 40 percent of the Earth's surface and have long been considered biological deserts with stratified waters that contain very ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 10, 2019
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Researchers use magnets to cause programmed cancer cell deaths
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers in South Korea has developed a method to cause cell death in both living fish and lab bowel cancer cells (in vivo and in vitro) using a magnetic field. The application of the magnetic field, ...
Liquid crystals controlled by magnetic fields may lead to new optical applications
(Phys.org) —Liquid crystals are widely known for their use in LCD TVs, in which quickly changing electrical fields are used to control the molecular order of the liquid crystals. This in turn changes how light is transmitted ...
Using nanorobots to help clean heavy metals from polluted water
An international team of researchers has developed nanorobots capable of removing heavy metals from polluted water. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group describes their nanorobots and how ...
