Particulate matter in the atmosphere can result in poor air quality and visibility, posing a risk to human health and transportation safety.
Environment
Jun 23, 2020
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Central Asia belongs to arid and semi-arid region. Water resource is the most critical natural factor affecting the region.
Earth Sciences
Jun 23, 2020
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With a new nanoparticle that converts light to heat, a team of researchers has found a promising technology for clearing water of pollutants.
Bio & Medicine
Jun 23, 2020
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Breakthrough Listen, the initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe, today released an innovative catalog of "Exotica"—a diverse list of objects of potential interest to astronomers searching for technosignatures ...
Astronomy
Jun 23, 2020
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A team of scientists led by University of Nevada, Reno's Hiroshi Sawada, an associate professor of the Physics Department, demonstrated that numerical modeling accurately reproduces X-ray images using laser-produced X-rays. ...
Plasma Physics
Jun 23, 2020
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In a significant breakthrough in the battle against antibiotic resistance, a research team from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has synthesized a nanomaterial that mimics an enzyme and can disintegrate the cell membranes ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 23, 2020
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Human cells sense and communicate via cell surface receptors. Information about the environment is relayed to the inside of the cell through dynamic changes in their arrangement or conformation. To gain better understanding ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2020
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How do plants know when it is time to flower? Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have studied this question and identified two genes that are key to this process. They were able to show that the ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2020
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The world is aware of the overuse of antibiotics and the development of resistance in bacterial populations. This has led to calls for greater control and monitoring of their use in both human and veterinary medicine. What ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2020
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A small glimmer of light passes from one bacterium to another. Under the microscope it might not look like much, but there's a deadly battle underway: the second cell has just been hit by a poisoned spear.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 23, 2020
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