How do we know the millennial generation exists? Look at the data
Cultures change, and new generations are born out of those changes. For many, this might sound obvious.
Social Sciences
May 23, 2017
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Astronomers use bubbles to look for WIMPs
Invisible, imperceptible and yet far more common than ordinary matter, dark matter makes up an astounding 85 percent of the universe's mass. Physicists are slowly but steadily tracking down the nature of this unidentified ...
General Physics
May 23, 2017
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Making biological drugs with spider silk protein
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have managed to synthesise lung surfactant, a drug used in the care of preterm babies, by mimicking the production of spider silk. Animal studies reveal it to be just as effective ...
Biochemistry
May 23, 2017
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Flickr study gives snapshot of coral reefs' value
Computer-led analysis of tourist snaps has estimated that coral reefs contribute $36 billion per year to the global tourist economy.
Environment
May 23, 2017
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Researchers find first compelling evidence of new property known as 'ferroelasticity' in perovskites
Crystalline materials known as perovskites could become the next superstars of solar cells. Over the past few years, researchers have demonstrated that a special class of perovskites—those consisting of a hybrid of organic ...
Condensed Matter
May 23, 2017
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Large study uncovers genes linked to intelligence
Exactly what constitutes intelligence, and to what extent it is genetic, are some of the most controversial questions in science. But now a new study of nearly 80,000 people, published in Nature Genetics, has managed to identify ...
Biotechnology
May 23, 2017
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Sensing insole for footstrike pattern detection in runners
Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have developed a mobile biofeedback device for footstrike pattern modification for injury prevention and rehabilitation in runners.
Engineering
May 23, 2017
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Did humans evolve in Europe rather than Africa? We don't have the answer just yet
Charles Darwin believed that humans evolved in Africa, because that's where our closest ape relatives the chimpanzees and gorillas live. And during the twentieth century he was vindicated through a combination of fossil and ...
Archaeology
May 23, 2017
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Dietician addresses lack of healthy vegetable education in intermediate schools
A Massey University dietitian is concerned at the lack of skills taught to intermediate school children about creating and cooking simple meals using vegetables.
Social Sciences
May 23, 2017
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Report sheds new insights on the spin dynamics of a material candidate for low-power devices
Computers process and transfer data through electrical currents passing through tiny circuits and wires. As these currents meet with resistance, they create heat that can undermine the efficiency and even the safety of these ...
Nanophysics
May 23, 2017
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