Researchers at Aalto University and York University have succeeded in creating a water-repellent composite structure out of lignin particles, in which the enzymes or biocatalysts can be separated from surrounding water. The ...
Materials Science
Jun 12, 2018
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Less than three weeks after launch, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission has successfully completed its first mission phase and demonstrated the performance of the precise microwave ranging ...
Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2018
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A team of researchers with members from institutions in Singapore, China and the U.K. has found a way to improve electron transfer in enzymatic biofuel cells. In their paper published in the journal Nature Energy, they describe ...
When faced with a question, the impulse is to spit out an answer. But asking more and better questions can sometimes get you further.
Social Sciences
Jun 12, 2018
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An international group of scientists has recently conducted a study of molecular gas in the northern nucleus of an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy known as Markarian 273. The research, which reveals physical and chemical ...
Why exactly do little white nuggets from the sea cost so much? And how have humans hacked the biological process that makes them?
Environment
Jun 12, 2018
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A West Aussie researcher has developed software that could help us avoid another Black Saturday catastrophe
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 12, 2018
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If you hop like a kangaroo, you might be able feel the air being pushed out of your lungs. Here's why it happens and why it matters.
Plants & Animals
Jun 12, 2018
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Shopping is something we all do, albeit some more reluctantly than others. It is the modern version of hunting and gathering – how we provide essentials and food for our families. We seem to do it effortlessly, moving from ...
Economics & Business
Jun 12, 2018
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Cooling matter is not easy. Atoms and molecules have the tendency to jump around, to rotate and to vibrate. Freezing these particles by slowing them down is a complicated process. For individual atoms, physicists have figured ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 12, 2018
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