The scientific debate around the installation of a massive underwater curtain to protect Antarctic ice sheets from melting lacks a vital political perspective. A Kobe University research team argues that the serious questions ...
Earth Sciences
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Despite being a mature technology in existence for over several decades, silicon photonic modulators face scrutiny from industry and academic experts. In a recent editorial interview, experts emphasize the need to explore ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 18, 2024
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The throat of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans might seem like an odd place for exploring the complexity of life's mechanisms, until one realizes how much information has been collected on these tiny nematodes over the ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 18, 2024
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We all start our lives as symmetric balls of cells. In humans, during the first few weeks after fertilization, embryonic cells undergo several rounds of division, increasing their mass. Then comes gastrulation, the process ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 18, 2024
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Most sexual violence and domestic violence crimes in Canada are male-perpetrated. Data from Statistics Canada shows that men commit 99% of sexual assaults against women and are significantly more likely to offend criminally, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2024
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A stellar odd couple 700 light-years away is creating a chaotically beautiful display of colorful, gaseous filaments. The Hubble captured the pair, named R Aquarii, and their symbiotic interactions. Every 44 years the system's ...
Astronomy
Nov 18, 2024
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Ever since William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, astronomers have been eager to find new planets on the outer edge of the solar system. But after the discovery of Neptune in 1846, we've found no other large planets. ...
Astronomy
Nov 18, 2024
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The seasonal variations of methane in the Martian atmosphere is an intriguing clue that there might be life hiding under the surface of the red planet. But we won't know for sure until we go digging for it.
Astrobiology
Nov 18, 2024
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Shifting our diets to be more sustainable can be a powerful way for each of us to address both climate change and global food insecurity. However, making such adjustments on the large scales necessary to make a difference ...
Environment
Nov 18, 2024
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Working practices in the construction industry have been labeled a relic of a bygone era—64% of employees work more than 50 hours per week.
Economics & Business
Nov 18, 2024
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