Turtle tracking reveals key feeding grounds
Loggerhead turtles feed in the same places year after year—meaning key locations should be protected, researchers say.
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2020
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Unveiling the biggest and most detailed map of the fly brain yet
Janelia and Google scientists have constructed the most complete map of the fly brain ever created, pinpointing millions of connections between 25,000 neurons. Now, a wiring diagram of the entire brain is within reach.
Biotechnology
Jan 23, 2020
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New cages to trap molecules push boundaries of protein design
Protein design is a popular and rapidly growing field, with scientists engineering novel protein cages—capsule-like nanostructures for purposes such as gene therapy and targeted drug delivery. Many of these structures fashioned ...
Biochemistry
Jan 23, 2020
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Deep diving into the science of beer
How high-tech equipment usually reserved for medical research could help brew the perfect pint.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 23, 2020
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Fear of wildfires inspires forward-thinking communities
Wildfires are bad enough without houses in the way to help them spread.
Environment
Jan 23, 2020
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Computer model shows ancient Earth with an atmosphere 70 percent carbon dioxide
A team of researchers from the University of Washington has found evidence that the Earth's atmosphere approximately 2.7 billion years ago might have been up to 70 percent carbon dioxide. In their paper published in the journal ...
Global river deltas increasingly shaped by humans, study says
A new study of nearly every delta on the planet shows how river delta shapes and sizes around the world are changing due to human activity—both for the good and bad.
Earth Sciences
Jan 23, 2020
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Well-designed substrates make large single crystal bi-/tri-layer graphene possible
Researchers of the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea) have reported in Nature Nanotechnology the fabrication and use of single crystal copper-nickel ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 23, 2020
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Isotopes in teeth suggest two megalithic cultures were separate groups
A team of researchers from the U.K., Belgium and Spain has found evidence that two groups of people in Late Neolithic Europe living approximately 5,500 years ago belonged to two distinct communities. In their paper published ...
New phase diagrams of superfluid helium under varying degrees of confinement
Physicists have been studying superfluid 3He under nanoscale confinement for several years now, as this unique liquid presents a rich variety of phases with complex order parameters that can be stabilized. While past studies ...
