An external view of Europe's largest vacuum chamber, the Large Space Simulator, which subjects entire satellites to space-like conditions ahead of launch. This 15 m-high and 10 m-diameter chamber is cavernous enough to accommodate ...
Space Exploration
Aug 17, 2017
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The C. elegans roundworm sees by eating, sucking in big gulps of bacteria to learn about its surrounding environment. As researchers watched, they noticed an odd pattern marked by "bursts" of eating.
Mathematics
Aug 17, 2017
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Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory recently upgraded a powerful optical laser system used to create shockwaves that generate high-pressure conditions like those found within planetary ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 17, 2017
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Researchers say their new knowledge on the inner workings of a bacterium has important implications for Australia's billion dollar cheese industry.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 17, 2017
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A new international study has measured the effect of loud sounds on migrating humpback whales as concern grows as oceans become noisier.
Plants & Animals
Aug 17, 2017
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Imagine being able to see the signs of cancer decades before we can now. URI Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Daniel Roxbury and researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have invented a technique that ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 17, 2017
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The rise of the freelance and gig economy has brought more and more people to coffee shops, where they set up a virtual office to work. At the same time, this new workforce is having a marked effect on cafe culture.
Social Sciences
Aug 17, 2017
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A new test to show the properties of biologically important enzymes could help to streamline development of new treatments.
Biochemistry
Aug 17, 2017
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Using a novel molecular analysis technique, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified the chemical underpinnings of Captagon, also known as fenethylline, an illegal amphetamine-type stimulant that ...
Biochemistry
Aug 17, 2017
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Now that science can determine a person's racial and ethnic origins from a cheek swab, those devoted to ideas of racial "purity," are employing methods of mind games and logic twists to support their beliefs despite facing ...
Social Sciences
Aug 17, 2017
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