Protective barrier inside chromosomes helps to keep cells healthy
Fresh insights into the structures that contain our genetic material could explain how the body's cells stay healthy.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 1, 2016
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The mystery of coronal heating
Imagine standing around a roaring campfire, roasting s'mores. You feel the warmth of the flames as the marshmallows crackle. Now back away. You get cooler, right?
Space Exploration
Dec 1, 2016
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Understanding the conditions that foster coral reefs' caretaker fishes
Coral reefs are among the most valuable natural assets on Earth. They provide an estimated US$375 billion worth of goods and services every year, such as supporting fisheries and protecting coasts. But reefs face many stresses ...
Environment
Dec 1, 2016
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Nokia brand ready for smartphone comeback in 2017
Nokia, once the world's top mobile phone maker, will make a comeback on the smartphone market in the first half of 2017, the company and its licensee said Thursday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 1, 2016
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Improving the mechanical properties of polymer gels through molecular design
A polymer gel consists of a three-dimensional cross-linked polymer network swollen with liquid molecules. However, most conventional polymer gels are brittle because stress concentration readily occurs in their cross-linked ...
Polymers
Dec 1, 2016
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The coldest decade of the millennium? How the cold 1430s led to famine and disease
While searching through historical archives to find out more about the 15th-century climate of what is now Belgium, northern France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, Chantal Camenisch noticed something odd. "I realised that ...
Environment
Dec 1, 2016
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Suggestions for you: A better, faster recommendation algorithm
The internet is rife with recommendation systems, suggesting movies you should watch or people you should date. These systems are tuned to match people with items, based on the assumption that similar people buy similar things ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 1, 2016
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ChargeLounge E-charging station for IKEA customers
IKEA shoppers in Ludwigsburg can now use a special electric charging station. Werner Spec (Ludwigsburg's mayor), Prof. Wilhelm Bauer (Fraunhofer IAO director), Ulf Wenzig (IKEA Germany sustainability manager), and Anja Heinle ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 1, 2016
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Scientists develop an artificial dog nose that mimics the 'active sniffing' of dogs
By mimicking how dogs get their whiffs, a team of government and university researchers have demonstrated that "active sniffing" can improve by more than 10 times the performance of current technologies that rely on continuous ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 1, 2016
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Children in care need of early education, but too few receive it
Opportunities to narrow the achievement gap between looked after children (children in care) and their peers are being missed because too many of them do not receive good quality early education places, says research funded ...
Social Sciences
Dec 1, 2016
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