For a long time, it was thought that the sole role of the immune system was to distinguish between friend and foe and to fend off pathogens. In fact, it is more like a microbial management system that is also involved in ...
Biotechnology
Mar 17, 2016
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Carbon dioxide can be a valuable resource for industry. It can, for example, be used as a fertilizer in greenhouses to improve plant growth. But for reasons of climate protection, it would be problematic to produce CO2 for ...
Materials Science
Mar 17, 2016
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Violent red flashes, lasting just fractions of a second, have been observed during one of the brightest black hole outbursts in recent years.
Astronomy
Mar 17, 2016
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Researchers from the University of Manchester have published a review of the current knowledge on tornadoes in Europe. The paper, the first of a series that will be published over the next year, is the first exhaustive study ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2016
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a technique that can be used to convert lignin—a by-product of pulp mills and biorefineries—into a concrete plasticiser that is competitive against the synthetic ...
Materials Science
Mar 17, 2016
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At the peak of the last ice age, a vast ice sheet covered northern Europe, spanning from the British Isles, across Scandinavia and into Russia in the east and the Barents Sea in the north. A new reconstruction of this ice ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2016
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Heterostructures (referred to as Van der Waals {VdW}) are attracting a great deal of attention due to their diverse physical and chemical properties. A VdW heterostructure is assembled by stacking two or more different 2D ...
General Physics
Mar 17, 2016
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It may seem strange to describe paper as technology, but its arrival in England in about 1300 was a pivotal moment in cultural history. That story is being pieced together for the first time in a new project that also promises ...
Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2016
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For its inaugural lunge into the mobile gaming business, Nintendo isn't relying on bouncy plumber Mario or sword-wielding hero Link. Instead, the Japanese gaming giant is looking to its legions of cutesy avatars.
Business
Mar 17, 2016
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The next generation of Acura's top-of-the-line NSX is ready to begin full production in Ohio in late April—the first time in the car's 27-year history that it will be made outside of Japan.
Engineering
Mar 17, 2016
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