Around the world, bacterial communities live in all kinds of habitats, from the human body to water and soil. Each community consists of a unique composition of species, called the microbiome. Each species harbors thousands ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Just days after a 2020 magnitude 5.1 earthquake in Tangshan, China, researchers turned nearly 8 kilometers of unused telecom fiber optic cable into a seismic array that detected dozens of aftershocks that were missed by permanent ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2021
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Not just the characteristics of a project, but also the city in which it will be implemented and the diversity of the rewards promised to supporters are the key factors that determine the success of a crowdfunding campaign ...
Economics & Business
Dec 15, 2021
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Even those tracking each new discovery about the coronavirus and its variants may not be aware of the virus' sugar cravings.
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 15, 2021
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In a recent study published in Matter, Chinese researchers observed the dynamic gating process at sub-2 nm speed in nanochannels.
Nanomaterials
Dec 15, 2021
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Scientists have unraveled a fascinating new insight into how the landscape of the dwarf-planet Pluto has formed.
Space Exploration
Dec 15, 2021
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Navigation doesn't always go as planned—a lesson that flies learn the hard way, when a strong headwind shunts them backward in defiance of their forward-beating wings. Fish swimming upriver, crabs scuttling sideways, and ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 15, 2021
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The Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority is notifying residents that drinking water recently exceeded a state level set for PFOS, one of the "forever chemicals" that do not break down in the body or environment.
Environment
Dec 15, 2021
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Exotic quantum particles and phenomena are like the world's most daring elite athletes. Like the free solo climbers who scale impossibly steep cliff faces without a rope or harness, only the most extreme conditions will entice ...
General Physics
Dec 15, 2021
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Insights into how the West Antarctic Ice Sheet responded to a warmer climate millions of years ago could improve predictions of its future.
Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2021
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