'Vague' anti-terror laws might lead to charities withdrawing from activities
Charities may withdraw from worthwhile activities because laws designed to stop terrorism are often too vague, experts have warned.
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2017
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Russia's use and stockpiles of highly enriched uranium pose significant nuclear risks
Russia currently holds the world's largest stockpile of highly enriched uranium, a nuclear weapon-usable material, posing significant nuclear security risks, according to a recent report issued by the International Panel ...
Other
Sep 13, 2017
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Lion conservation requires effective international cooperation
Lions belong to the world's most charismatic megafauna. However, lion numbers and range have declined alarmingly over the last two decades.
Ecology
Sep 13, 2017
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CU Boulder to create digital archive of 1.7 million Rocky Mountain botanical specimens
University of Colorado Boulder researchers and collaborating institutions have been awarded $2.9 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create a comprehensive digital archive of over 1.7 million plant specimens ...
Ecology
Sep 13, 2017
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Imaging how magnetism goes surfing
Using advanced dynamic imaging, researchers have been able to visualise deformation (sound) waves in crystals and measured the effect on nanomagnetic elements. This offers new low power magnetization manipulation for memory ...
General Physics
Sep 13, 2017
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Quantum sensors decipher magnetic ordering in a new semiconducting material
For the first time, physicists have successfully imaged spiral magnetic ordering in a multiferroic material. These materials are considered highly promising candidates for future data storage media. The researchers were able ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 13, 2017
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Scientists map key DNA protein complex at near-atomic resolution
Chalking up another success for a new imaging technology that has energized the field of structural biology, researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) obtained the highest ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 13, 2017
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VLT makes first detection of titanium oxide in an exoplanet
A team of astronomers led by Elyar Sedaghati, an ESO fellow and recent graduate of TU Berlin, has examined the atmosphere of the exoplanet [WASP-19b] in greater detail than ever before. This remarkable planet has about the ...
Astronomy
Sep 13, 2017
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Scientists create alternate evolutionary histories in a test tube
Scientists at the University of Chicago studied a massive set of genetic variants of an ancient protein, discovering a myriad of other ways that evolution could have turned out and revealing a central role for chance in evolutionary ...
Evolution
Sep 13, 2017
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New study contradicts assumption that true frogs diversified as they expanded their range around globe
Evolutionary biologists long have supposed that when species colonize new geographic regions they often develop new traits and adaptations to deal with their fresh surroundings. They branch from their ancestors and multiply ...
Evolution
Sep 13, 2017
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