At the European Physical Society Conference on High-Energy Physics (EPS-HEP) in Ghent, Belgium, the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN released new measurements of Higgs boson properties using the full LHC Run 2 dataset. Critically, ...
General Physics
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The numbers of secondary school students who take higher-level maths and science are low in Australia. In 2012, there were 30,000 more Year 12 students than in 1992. But the numbers of students studying physics, chemistry ...
Education
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A relatively new pest—the Bermuda grass stem maggot—is plaguing Texas hay producers this season, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts.
Plants & Animals
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Good quality, affordable housing is of vital importance to people's sense of identity, health and general well being. But in the UK we don't have sufficient housing that is affordable, of sufficient quality, and in places ...
Social Sciences
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Some might balk at the idea that plants made of roots, stems and leaves could have intelligence or consciousness. But scientists have actually been hotly debating this idea for decades.
Plants & Animals
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Plants have evolved to produce a variety of compounds that vary from species to species. These compounds play a key role for the survival strategies of plants. Compounds that are bitter and poisonous protect the plants from ...
Plants & Animals
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Japanese researchers were able to rapidly and accurately predict the microstructure of Nickel-Aluminum (Ni-Al) alloys that are commonly used in the design of jet engine turbine parts. Predictions of the microstructure of ...
Materials Science
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Gamma-ray bursts, short and intense flashes of energetic radiation coming from outer space, are the brightest explosions in the universe. As gamma rays are blocked by the atmosphere, the bursts were discovered accidentally ...
Astronomy
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New research from Australia and Finland could help explain one of nature's strangest quirks—why some animals forego mating to help other animals procreate.
Evolution
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Researchers have developed a faster, cheaper and simpler alternative to typical DNA origami fabrication, increasing the technique's accessibility and potential impact in industry and clinical settings.
Nanomaterials
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