Magnetic teeth revealed using quantum imaging
Biology provides us with a constant source of inspiration for designing and exploring new functional materials.
Materials Science
Mar 10, 2020
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Every part of Blue Origin's new Glenn rocket is gigantic, including its nose cone
Massive. Enormous. Huge. Gigantic. And whatever other words you find in the thesaurus all do the job when it comes to describing Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket. Especially its nosecone.
Space Exploration
Mar 10, 2020
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Mennonites turned Paraguay into a mega beef producer: Now Indigenous people must pay the price
The "new Panama Canal"—that's how some are hailing a highway now under construction in South America that spans the continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2020
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How refugees succeed in visa reviews: New research reveals the factors that matter
Asylum seekers with legal representation are seven times more likely to succeed before the government tribunal tasked with reviewing refugee cases than those who represent themselves.
Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2020
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Non-thermal plasma can inactivate airborne viral threat to pigs
One of the most costly diseases facing the pork industry is caused by a virus that new research shows can be rendered harmless in a fraction of a second by a cold plasma reactor developed at the University of Michigan.
Plants & Animals
Mar 10, 2020
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New framework factors climate risk into financial valuation
The University of Waterloo has developed a tool to help the capital markets incorporate physical climate change and extreme weather risk into investment decisions.
Economics & Business
Mar 10, 2020
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Collagen can withstand more strain than previously known
Researchers in the Department of Physics at King's College London have discovered that collagen fibrils can withstand a significantly higher amount of strain than previously thought, broadening our understanding of tissue ...
Biochemistry
Mar 10, 2020
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Birds of a feather really do flock together
A species of tiny bird, found on a small island has evolved into five different color variations depending on where on the island it lives.
Evolution
Mar 10, 2020
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Physicists keep improving 'smart' composites for biomedical sensors
IKBFU Physicists have successfully tested the new magnetic micro wire-based concept of "smart" composites production. The new composites are related to the multiferroic-class materials which have mutually controlled magnetic ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 10, 2020
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Electrical power generation from moderate-temperature radiative thermal sources
Moderate-temperature thermal sources often radiate waste heat as a by-product of mechanical work, chemical or nuclear reactions, or information processing. In a new report in Science, Paul S. Davids and a research team at ...
