A new study by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign advances fundamental knowledge about the role of solvation in ion binding and presents a new pathway for electrochemically controlling ion selectivity. ...
Polymers
Dec 13, 2023
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Scientists have revealed a never-before-seen phenomenon in a protein: Alone, the enzyme processes DNA and RNA but, when bound to another protein as part of a defense system, interacts with a completely different type of compound ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 13, 2023
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Peat bogs in the tropics store vast amounts of carbon, but logging, plantations, road building, and other activities have destroyed large swaths of these ecosystems in places like Indonesia and Malaysia. Peat formations are ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2023
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The year's best meteor shower, the Geminids, peaks this week. Skygazers may see as many as one or even two a minute streaking across dark skies.
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2023
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Liquid crystal is a state of matter that exhibits properties of both liquid and solid. It can flow like a liquid, while its constituent molecules are aligned as in a solid. Liquid crystal is widely used nowadays, for example, ...
Soft Matter
Dec 13, 2023
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Manatees are endangered species volatile to the environment. Because of their voracious appetites, they often spend up to eight hours a day grazing for food within shallow waters, making them vulnerable to environmental changes ...
Ecology
Dec 13, 2023
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A protein that helps generate the force needed for single cells to move works differently in cells moving in groups, a new study shows.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 13, 2023
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A NASA study expands the search for life beyond our solar system by indicating that 17 exoplanets (worlds outside our solar system) could have oceans of liquid water, an essential ingredient for life, beneath icy shells. ...
Astrobiology
Dec 13, 2023
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Imagine being the most qualified person for a job and not getting a call-back or not being selected for an interview.
Economics & Business
Dec 13, 2023
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Scientists have solved a decades-long puzzle and unveiled a near unbreakable substance that could rival diamond as the hardest material on Earth. The research is published in the journal Advanced Materials.
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 13, 2023
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