Mucosal surfaces protect organisms from external stressors and disease. Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, have been shown to preferentially bind to mucosal surfaces. This has been suggested to provide an extra ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Teenagers who have at least one close friendship are better able to bounce back from stress. This is one of the latest findings from the Growing Up In Australia study.
Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2019
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Buildings in Australia account for over 50% of electricity use and almost a quarter of our carbon emissions but the failures, frailties and fragmentation of the construction sector have created a major obstacle to long-term ...
Environment
Nov 25, 2019
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An internationally renowned career that began in New York City and Chicago and London before taking him, finally and for good, to Lincoln, would end on the sixth floor of the Bryan Medical Center's East Campus.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 25, 2019
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One of the biggest mysteries in science began with a dying star.
Astronomy
Nov 25, 2019
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The routine measurement of radiation doses can be clinically challenging due to limitations with conventional dosimeters used to measure the dose uptake of external ionizing radiation. In a new study, Karthik Pushpavanam ...
Mobility is essential to urban life. It contributes to people's ability to access work, food, education, leisure and more. It also contributes to climate change.
Environment
Nov 25, 2019
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Audrey Schillings recently defended her doctoral thesis about atmospheric loss from Earth and how it varies with solar wind conditions. Audrey was employed at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and enrolled at Luleå ...
Space Exploration
Nov 25, 2019
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For most people, continents are Earth's seven main large landmasses.
Earth Sciences
Nov 25, 2019
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The national dietary guidelines in Australia, Brazil, Ireland, Japan, Portugal, and Slovenia benefit nutrition, environment and animal welfare, Leiden environmental scientists write in the journal One Earth. However, the ...
Environment
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