Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a new approach for using locked nucleic acids (LNAs)—a particularly stable type of RNA—to treat inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. ...
Bio & Medicine
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Plasma, ionized gas and the fourth state of matter, makes up over 99% of the ordinary matter in the universe. Understanding its properties is critical for developing fusion energy sources, modeling astrophysical objects like ...
Optics & Photonics
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Research utilizing cellphone data from 100,000 people has identified where the social melting pots are in Italy's second-largest city.
Social Sciences
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Microbes in water are like invisible travelers—and some carry disease with them. Keeping the water that flows through our treatment plants, rivers and taps healthy and safe from microbial infection is a challenge.
Ecology
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Although older generations are traditionally considered more conservative, scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) have proved that this is not always the case. One surprising outcome of their study was that, ...
Social Sciences
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When considering the unnamed major features of all the moons, asteroids, and comets in our solar system, there are still a lot of places out there that need proper names. That means the International Astronomical Union (IAU), ...
Planetary Sciences
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How did digits evolve? While it is clear that they derive from genetic programs already present in fish, their precise origin remains a matter of debate. An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) with ...
Evolution
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Plastic pollution represents a global environmental challenge, and once in the environment, plastic can fragment into smaller and smaller pieces.
Environment
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Permafrost, ground frozen for at least two years underlying the cold Arctic and alpine regions of the Northern Hemisphere, covers about 17% of the global land surface and stores an estimated one-third of the world's soil ...
Earth Sciences
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Grape and olive farming traditions have changed through time based on shifts in climate and the needs of the local culture, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Simone Riehl of the University ...
Archaeology
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