Racial housing segregation had some unexpected relationships with how long both blacks and whites lived historically in the United States, a new study suggests.
Social Sciences
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Humans face mounting challenges when it comes to finding ways to sustainably feed an exploding population. As populations become wealthier and more urbanized, the demand for animal products continues to climb. Although supply ...
Environment
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The "hollow atoms", which are being produced in the labs of TU Wien (Vienna) are quite exotic objects. Their electrons are in a state of extremely high energy (so called Rydberg states), but when they are shot through another ...
General Physics
Sep 11, 2017
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A Northeastern research team has developed new technology that optimizes DNA sequencing using nanophysics and electric currents. In a paper published in Nature Nanotechnology, Northeastern Professor of Biological Physics ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 11, 2017
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How did the gut, the skin and musculature evolve? This question concerns scientists for more than a century. Through the investigation of the embryonic development of sea anemones, a very old animal lineage, researchers from ...
Evolution
Sep 11, 2017
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Scientists have discovered traces of life more than half-a-billion years old that could change the way we think about how all animals evolved on earth.
Paleontology & Fossils
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Bird skulls and brains look like those of young dinosaurs, providing clues to their unique evolution and modern success.
Evolution
Sep 11, 2017
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Carbon monoxide is an insidious poison because it loves the iron in our blood; it pushes oxygen out of iron-based hemoglobin, leading to painful asphyxiation.
Materials Science
Sep 11, 2017
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By finely tuning the distance between nanoparticles in a single layer, researchers have made a filter that can change between a mirror and a window.
Nanomaterials
Sep 11, 2017
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A team of scientists led by the University of Southampton has demonstrated a groundbreaking new method of gene synthesis - a vital research tool with real-world applications in everything from growing transplantable organs ...
Biochemistry
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