A University of Oregon doctoral student is exploring how technological infrastructure located on the ocean floor, particularly submarine internet cables, has influenced people's lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Earth Sciences
May 14, 2020
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Lakes and reservoirs are important sources of drinking water, but the high frequency of toxic cyanobacteria bloom and associated cyanotoxin could impair drinking water quality. In recent years, major studies have investigated ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 14, 2020
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Some of us might have been happy to leave mathematics behind in high school or college, but as the COVID-19 pandemic has spread, math has had a daily effect on all of our lives—even if we don't have to crunch the numbers ...
Mathematics
May 14, 2020
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Copper is important for many processes in our body. It supports the production of red blood cells, metabolism, and the formation of connective tissue and bones, among other things. Copper is also known to play a role in diseases ...
Materials Science
May 14, 2020
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Graphene is a form of the chemical element carbon. Well-known forms of carbon include the world's hardest material, diamond, and the soft black material known as the "lead" in a pencil, which is graphite. Graphite can be ...
Nanomaterials
May 14, 2020
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Nestled among Kansas cornfields in a landscape devoid of any noticeable natural topography, a verdant mound can be seen from a dirt road. Surrounded by a military-grade chain fence and in the shadow of a large wind turbine, ...
Social Sciences
May 14, 2020
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Collision experiments provide the means for a detailed understanding of molecular interactions at the individual particle level. Theoretical and experimental physicists within the Institute for Molecules and Materials have ...
Quantum Physics
May 14, 2020
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In a study published online in Nature Cell Biology on May 11, scientists from Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health (GIBH) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences established a novel and efficient system for non-integrated ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 14, 2020
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Believe it or not, time travel is possible.
General Physics
May 14, 2020
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Three-dimensional (3-D) nanoprinting of freeform optical waveguides also known as photonic wire bonding can efficiently couple between photonic chips to greatly simplify optical system assembly. The shape and trajectory of ...
