Lactating grizzly bears use cooling baths to avoid heat stress, study finds
Taking a bath to relieve stress isn't unique to humans.
Plants & Animals
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Fast decisions of flying insects
Scientists are homing in on the amazing flying skills of insects. How flying insects are able to respond rapidly and appropriately in a fast-changing surroundings is a serious ambition of new Australian Research Council study.
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Bio-inspired spiral hydrogel fiber qualified to be surgical suture
"The lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined"—an old Chinese saying that reflects the unique structure and mechanical properties of the lotus fiber. The outstanding mechanical properties of lotus fibers can ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 14, 2021
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Biodegradable inorganic upconversion nanocrystals developed for in vivo applications
Lanthanide-doped inorganic upconversion nanocrystals (UCNCs) are attracting more attention, as they are potential fluorescent diagnostic and therapeutic agents for in vivo applications including biological imaging and disease ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 14, 2021
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Acoustofluidic centrifuge for nanoparticle enrichment and assortment
Liquid droplets have recently gained renewed attention as a simplified model for a variety of fascinating physical phenomena at the scale of the cell nucleus to stellar black holes. In a new report now published in Science ...
Scientists develop Z-scheme catalyst for contaminants in water
In recent years, rapid industrialization has caused increasingly severe environmental pollution. Antibiotics and microbiological contamination in water have become major threats to human health and critical risks to ecosystem ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 14, 2021
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Shining a new light on dark energy
The Dark Energy Survey has released a massive, public collection of astronomical data and calibrated images from six years of work. Containing data on nearly 700 million astronomical objects, this second data release in the ...
Astronomy
Jan 14, 2021
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SolarEV City concept: Building future urban power and mobility systems
Cities have become the focus of global climate mitigation efforts because as they are responsible for 60 to 70% of energy-related CO2 emissions. As the world is increasingly urbanized, it is crucial to identify cost-effective ...
Environment
Jan 14, 2021
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Human-induced climate change caused the northwestern Pacific warming record in August 2020
August 2020 set new record high sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the northwestern Pacific Ocean and around the Japan coasts. A new study led by National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) researchers revealed that ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 14, 2021
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New partnership could put University of Minnesota at center of biomanufacturing industry
The University of Minnesota aims to become a hub of bioindustrial manufacturing through a new multimillion dollar partnership partially funded by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Biotechnology
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