Scientists make 3-D heart scan breakthrough for animals and humans
The University of Manchester scientists have created the most detailed ever 3-D scan of a rare form of congenital heart disease.
Veterinary medicine
Feb 19, 2021
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Spin Hall effect of light achieved with near 100% efficiency
A POSTECH-KAIST joint research team has successfully developed a technique to reach near-unity efficiency of SHEL by using an artificially-designed metasurface.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 19, 2021
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New method converts methane in natural gas to methanol at room temperature
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered a way to convert the methane in natural gas into liquid methanol at room temperature.
Materials Science
Feb 19, 2021
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An evolutionary method for reprogramming proteases
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. has developed an evolutionary method for reprogramming proteases. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes how their technique ...
Ultraviolet 'television' for animals helps us better understand them
University of Queensland scientists have developed an ultraviolet 'television' display designed to help researchers better understand how animals see the world.
Plants & Animals
Feb 19, 2021
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A powerful, pocket-sized optical imager, no longer science fiction
Before Wilhelm Röntgen, a mechanical engineer, discovered a new type of electromagnetic radiation in 1895, physicians could only dream of being able to see inside the body. Within a year of Röntgen's discovery, X-rays were ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 19, 2021
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Study reveals impact of evictions on people with mental health disorders
All renters facing eviction deal with anxiety and stress at the prospect of losing the roof over their heads.
Economics & Business
Feb 19, 2021
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New-found molecular signature keeps key genes ready for action
During development, scores of molecular signals prod cells to take on specialized identities and functions. In response to some of these signals, the cellular machinery awakens specific genes called 'immediate early genes' ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 19, 2021
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Unique study of isolated bobcat population confirms accuracy of extinction model
The reintroduction of 32 bobcats to an island off the coast of Georgia more than three decades ago created an ideal experiment to examine the accuracy of a genetic-modeling technique that predicts extinction of isolated wildlife ...
Ecology
Feb 19, 2021
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California Republicans less likely to seek COVID vaccine, poll reports
As California struggles to bring the deadly COVID-19 pandemic under control, the state's Republican voters are far less likely to seek a vaccine and express less support for small businesses, health care workers and other ...
Political science
Feb 19, 2021
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