What happens in Vegas: Consent matters in 'Sin City' and other sex tourism cities
Mention the phrase "sex tourism" in conversation and most people will cringe in disgust.
Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2020
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World's first ultrasound biosensor created in Australia
The ability to accurately monitor drug levels and biological molecules inside patients in real time has remained largely elusive.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 24, 2020
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Organizations need to be transparent in times of crisis, says expert
Times of crisis and uncertainty prove to be challenging for public and private organizations whose leadership engage in constant communication with the public, especially in a situation as unprecedented as a global pandemic.
Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2020
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Mathematical model helps to explain the formation of spine and ribs
At an early stage in vertebrates' embryonic development somites form: these are primitive segments from which the spine, ribs, back muscles, cartilage, tendons and part of the skin develop. It is known that mechanical forces ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 24, 2020
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Buildings grown by bacteria: New research to turn cells into mini-factories for materials
Buildings are not unlike a human body. They have bones and skin; they breathe. Electrified, they consume energy, regulate temperature and generate waste. Buildings are organisms—albeit inanimate ones.
Biochemistry
Mar 24, 2020
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Scientists invent symmetry-breaking for the first time in a nanoscale device that can mimic human brain
Over the last decade, artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications such as machine learning have gained pace to revolutionize many industries. As the world gathers more data, the computing power of hardware systems needs ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 24, 2020
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Study unveils dependence of spin memory loss in a variety of interfaces
Researchers at the University of Twente and Beijing Normal University have recently conducted a study investigating the parameter known as spin memory loss (SML) for a variety of different interfaces, using a combination ...
Solitonics in molecular wires could benefit electronics
Soliton descriptions for the conducting polymers polyacetylene—descriptions based around a type of solitary wave—caused great excitement when they first broke in the seminal reports by Su, Schrieffer, Heeger (SSH) and Kivelson ...
Sensing internal organ temperature with optically stimulated luminescence
A cheap, biocompatible white powder that luminesces when heated could be used for non-invasively monitoring the temperature of specific organs within the body. Tohoku University scientists conducted preliminary tests to demonstrate ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 24, 2020
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Small horses got smaller, big tapirs got bigger 47 million years ago
The former coalfield of Geiseltal in eastern Germany has yielded large numbers of exceptionally preserved fossil animals, giving palaeontologists a unique window into the evolution of mammals 47 million years ago. At that ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2020
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