The manuscript "Electric tuning and switching of the resonant response of nanoparticle arrays with liquid crystals" by Erik van Heijst and co-workers (PSN) has been selected as featured article and journal cover in the last ...
Nanophysics
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The evolutionary relationships among grasses—including important crop plants like wheat, rice, corn, and sugarcane—have been clarified in a new molecular study of the grass family tree. Having a clear picture of the relationships ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 2, 2022
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New research from a Kingston University expert shows people with one of three personality traits are more likely to support the fair trade concept. The findings highlight the potential benefits of using personality-based ...
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2022
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Mass spectrometry is an excellent protein analysis method widely used in medicine and agriculture, but it requires complicated and time-consuming sample preparation. In this study, we developed a new method for significantly ...
Biochemistry
Mar 2, 2022
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Like many of its predecessors, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland concluded with bold promises on international climate action aimed at keeping global warming well below 2 degrees ...
Environment
Mar 2, 2022
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An international team of researchers has developed nanorobots capable of removing heavy metals from polluted water. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group describes their nanorobots and how ...
A new report released by the UNSW Sydney and ACOSS Poverty and Inequality Partnership shows how poverty and inequality were dramatically reduced in 2020 but have increased ever since. COVID, inequality and poverty in 2020 ...
Economics & Business
Mar 2, 2022
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An investigation into how SARS-CoV-2 camouflages itself from cells has unmasked a potential vulnerability in the virus that scientists hope to exploit.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 2, 2022
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Researchers at Australia's Curtin University have discovered evidence of a massive impact on the Martian surface about 4.45 billion years ago. This may not seem like a surprising revelation—after all, we know that there ...
Planetary Sciences
Mar 2, 2022
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One of the best motivators to solve a problem is to experience it yourself. Dr. Bonnie Dunbar happened to have just such an experience. She is a former NASA astronaut and is now a professor of Aerospace Engineering at Texas ...
Space Exploration
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