A team including Northwestern University astrophysicists has developed the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulation of star formation to date. The result is a visually stunning, mathematically-driven marvel that allows ...
Astronomy
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As part of their efforts to devise ways to minimize the side effects of drugs for treating cancer, four RIKEN chemists have found a biocompatible way to convert compounds with low biological activity into anticancer drugs ...
Materials Science
May 18, 2021
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A team of scientists from the University of British Columbia, the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of Miami published a new study in Ecology Letters showing how rising temperatures resulting from climate ...
Ecology
May 18, 2021
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For the first time, the subsurface structural changes of silica glass due to nanoscale wear and damage has been revealed via spectroscopy, which may lead to improvements in glass products such as electronic displays and vehicle ...
Materials Science
May 18, 2021
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The green and gold tidal marshes visible entering Johns Island on South Carolina's coast are a sign of coming home for some longtime residents. By 2060, the marshes could be in open water.
Environment
May 18, 2021
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A team of researchers from the University of California, the NOAA/OAR Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and the University of British Columbia has found via simulations that corals that replace poorly performing algae ...
Europium is the key for understanding the formation of the heavy elements by the fast neutron capture process, the so-called r-process. This is crucial both for the formation of half of the elements heavier than iron and ...
Astronomy
May 18, 2021
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A new study may have uncovered why wall lizards have become the most successful reptile in the Mediterranean region. The results reveal how drastic changes in sea levels and climate 6 million years ago affected species formation ...
Paleontology & Fossils
May 18, 2021
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George Floyd's high-profile death has become synonymous with unfair police treatment.
Social Sciences
May 18, 2021
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The formation of deserts on the Arabian Peninsula had a decisive impact on the migration and evolution of large mammals and our human ancestors over millions of years. That is the conclusion of a new study by an international ...
Earth Sciences
May 18, 2021
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