Study shows more people are afraid of scorpions than spiders
"I hate spiders."
Plants & Animals
Jun 14, 2018
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Coral-shaped nanoparticles built by design using engineered peptoids
Researchers have long worked to address a grand challenge in synthesis science: to design and synthesize bio-inspired functional materials that rival those found in biology. If we can learn how to mimic in vivo functions ...
Materials Science
Jun 14, 2018
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The most distant radio galaxy discovered
An international team of astronomers has detected a new high-redshift radio galaxy (HzRG). The newly identified HzRG, designated TGSS1530, was found at a redshift of 5.72, meaning that it is the most distant radio galaxy ...
The future of AI needs hardware accelerators based on analog memory devices
Imagine personalized Artificial Intelligence (AI), where your smartphone becomes more like an intelligent assistant – recognizing your voice even in a noisy room, understanding the context of different social situations ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 14, 2018
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Antarctic fungi found to be effective against citrus canker
A research team at the São Paulo State University's Bioscience Institute (IB-UNESP) in Rio Claro, Brazil, has identified 29 fungi with proven action against Xanthomonas citri, a bacterium responsible for citrus canker, an ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 14, 2018
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Enigma of fatty acid metabolism solved—enzyme shape controls activity
The core components of all body fats are fatty acids. Their production is initiated by the enzyme ACC. Researchers at the University of Basel's Biozentrum have now demonstrated how ACC assembles into distinct filaments. As ...
Biochemistry
Jun 14, 2018
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Large-scale whaling in north Scandinavia may date back to 6th century
The intensive whaling that has pushed many species to the brink of extinction today may be several centuries older than previously assumed. This view is held by archaeologists from Uppsala and York, whose findings are presented ...
Archaeology
Jun 14, 2018
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Indoor positioning using a wireless network
Scientists from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania, have developed an innovative method for indoor positioning of people and things using wireless network. It localises a human being or an object within an accuracy ...
Engineering
Jun 14, 2018
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Team develops novel micro-embossing equipment for precision optical microstructures
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a novel micro-embossing device for manufacturing precision glass lenses with high image quality. The lenses have the resolution required for state-of-the-art optical ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 14, 2018
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Scientists can make skillful seasonal forecasts of summer temperature in western China
Surface air temperature (SAT) is an important hydrological and climatic variable in western China. In contrast to the monsoon regions in eastern China, most regions in western China are arid, semi-arid or subject to snow ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 14, 2018
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