To successfully engineer cell or tissue implants, bioengineers must facilitate their metabolic requirements through vascular regeneration. However, it is challenging to develop a broad strategy for stable and functional vascularization. ...
There is no doubt that one of the hallmarks of the modern space age is that it is becoming increasingly democratic. In addition to more space agencies entering the fray, private aerospace companies are contributing like never ...
Space Exploration
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There is a phrase in the novel East of Eden that springs to mind every time politicians speak of "drought-proofing" Australia:
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2019
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The effects environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks will have on the global supply of metals without major innovations in the mining industry have been highlighted by University of Queensland researchers.
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2019
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By now it's well established that microplastics are a problem in the environment, even in the remotest parts of the planet. But where do different microplastics come from and how they get there, especially in the Arctic?
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2019
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What shapes a river? People typically imagine large-scale processes such as storms and floods or human modifications like dams or fortified banks. But the shape of our rivers today is also a result of the cumulative impact ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2019
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Antarctica's ice sheets are still releasing radioactive chlorine from marine nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s, a new study finds. This suggests regions in Antarctica store and vent the radioactive element differently than ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2019
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You may mock the national anthem by singing "Our land abounds in nature strips" but what you might not know is how true that is. In Melbourne, for example, more than a third of all public green space is nature strips. (That ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2019
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We tend to assume that democracies, over the long arc of history, work towards progress and justice. But with an issue like climate change, we're running out of time.
Political science
Oct 16, 2019
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Ultrashort laser pulses have enabled scientists and physicians to carry out high-precision material analyses and medical procedures. Physicists from the University of Bayreuth and the University of Göttingen have now discovered ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 16, 2019
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