Two atomically thin carbon sheets stacked on top of each other, called bilayer graphene, exhibit unique properties when one of the layers is twisted at a certain angle—a "magic" angle. The study of magic and other angle ...
Nanophysics
Nov 18, 2020
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The parachute system that will help deliver the Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover to Mars has completed the first full-scale high altitude drop test with redesigned elements following two unsuccessful tests last year. Parachute ...
Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2020
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An eel-like fish popular in home aquariums—but not native to North America—has been found for the first time in a Georgia waterway.
Ecology
Nov 18, 2020
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An international team of scientists has defied nature to make diamonds in minutes in a laboratory at room temperature—a process that normally requires billions of years, huge amounts of pressure and super-hot temperatures.
Nanophysics
Nov 18, 2020
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,City living appears to improve reproductive success for migratory tree swallows compared to breeding in more environmentally protected areas, a new five-year study suggests. But urban life comes with a big trade-off—health ...
Ecology
Nov 18, 2020
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As Earth warms, species around the world—Adélie penguins, earthworms, gray snapper, pin oaks—are shifting into habitats once too cold for them. One such "climate migrant" is the Atlantic mud fiddler crab Minuca pugnax. ...
Ecology
Nov 18, 2020
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Shantá D. Hinton, in the good, old pre-COVID days, delivered what is possibly the world's first scientific lecture on proteins to incorporate a call-and-response format.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 18, 2020
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A project led by a College of Education faculty member is shedding light on the unique traits of national education systems that contribute to achievement gaps.
Education
Nov 18, 2020
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Science and scientists are being viewed more positively by people across the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the US and other regions and countries as the COVID-19 pandemic peaks. Yet, ironically, despite the positive perception, people ...
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2020
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At a time when humans are threatening the extinction of so many other species, it might not seem so surprising that some people think that the extinction of our own species would be a good thing. Take, for example, the Voluntary ...
Ecology
Nov 18, 2020
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