Researchers from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile and the University of Notre Dame, working with machine learning, have devised a method to identify organic compounds based on the refractive index at a single optical ...
One iconic feature of the batsuit that makes Batman easily recognizable may soon give the Dark Knight's go-to sonar technology a real-world upgrade—bat-like ears. Only, these ears would not just look like a bat's, but would ...
Biotechnology
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Asked to name his favorite tree, Paul W. Meyer, the former director of Penn's Morris Arboretum, likens the task to "asking a parent to name their favorite child."
Ecology
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It is extremely rare for a new plant species to be discovered in Japan, a nation where flora has been extensively studied and documented. Nevertheless, Professor Suetsugu Kenji and his associates have recently uncovered a ...
Plants & Animals
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Cyclic peptides often exhibit low membrane permeability that can be significantly improved via amide-to-ester substitutions, as demonstrated by researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech). The utilization ...
Biochemistry
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One mudslide after another finally destroyed the house of Elvis Palomino in Chaclacayo, east of Peru's capital Lima, where others are stacking sandbags they hope will save them from a similar fate.
Environment
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Will you choose beauty? The carnivorous Wavy Bubble Snail, perhaps, with its billowing skirts shimmering under UV light. Or will it be age? Like the venerable 500-year-old Methuselah oyster.
Plants & Animals
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Bacteria are literally everywhere—in oceans, in soils, in extreme environments like hot springs, and even alongside and inside other organisms including humans. They're nearly invisible, yet they play a big role in almost ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Young children who are taught by a teacher of the same ethnicity as themselves develop better learning and problem-solving skills by the age of seven, new research suggests.
Education
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