Two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut blasted off on a fast-track journey to the International Space Station Wednesday, in the first such launch aboard a Russian capsule since SpaceX's game-changing debut manned flight from ...
Space Exploration
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It might look like a little game at the molecular scale.
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 14, 2020
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The closer people are physically to one another, the higher the chance for exchange, of things like ideas, information, and even infection. Now researchers at MIT and Boston Children's Hospital have found that, even in the ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 14, 2020
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In cities, humans replace the natural ground cover with roofs, pavement and other artificial materials that are impervious to water. These surfaces significantly change how the land absorbs and releases energy and cause the ...
Environment
Oct 14, 2020
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A new study of beliefs and attitudes toward COVID-19 in five different countries—UK, US, Ireland, Mexico and Spain—has identified how much traction some prominent conspiracy theories have within these populations.
Social Sciences
Oct 14, 2020
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Dr. Guangyu Wu is dissecting the molecular homing that enables a nascent protein to ultimately find its way to the surface of a cell as a mature receptor type that helps us taste, smell and even regulate our mood and immunity.
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 14, 2020
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US schools in poor districts with large non-white student populations are less likely to reopen fully this academic year, according to a major new study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of School Choice.
Education
Oct 14, 2020
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Tandem mass spectrometry is a powerful analytical tool used to characterize complex mixtures in drug discovery and other fields.
Materials Science
Oct 14, 2020
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Scientists at Oregon State University have shown that viral infection is involved in coral bleaching—the breakdown of the symbiotic relationship between corals and the algae they rely on for energy.
Environment
Oct 14, 2020
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A new study of the Great Barrier Reef shows populations of its small, medium and large corals have all declined in the past three decades.
Environment
Oct 14, 2020
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