Giant iceberg breaks off near UK Antarctic base
A vast iceberg almost the size of Greater London has broken away from the Antarctic ice shelf near a British research station, the British Antarctic Survey said Friday.
Environment
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Considering disorder and cooperative effects in photon escape rates from atomic gases
Whilst a great deal of research has studied the rates of photons escaping from cold atomic gases, these studies have used a scalar description of light leaving some of its properties untested. In a new paper published in ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 26, 2021
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Using neutron scattering to better understand milk composition
Neutron scattering is a technique commonly used in physics and biology to understand the composition of complex multicomponent mixtures and is increasingly being used to study applied materials such as food. A new paper published ...
General Physics
Feb 26, 2021
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On-surface synthesis of graphene molecules and their superlattices
NUS scientists have devised a new method for the synthesis of nanographene molecules with a high product yield for the development of next generation quantum devices.
Materials Science
Feb 26, 2021
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Twinkle, twinkle, little star: Physicists develop a new method for counting molecules
Who hasn't looked at the sky on a mild summer night and thought about the vastness of the universe? The trained eye can see the Andromeda galaxy as a distant spot. Thanks to the latest telescopes, we know that it consists ...
Biotechnology
Feb 26, 2021
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Nanomedicine activation profile determines efficacy depending on tumor c-Myc expression
The Innovation Center of NanoMedicine reported in ACS Nano together with the group of Prof. Yu Matsumoto of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery and the group of Prof. Horacio Cabral of the Department of Bioengineering ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 26, 2021
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Under climate stress, human innovation set stage for population surge
Climate alone is not a driver for human behavior. The choices that people make in the face of changing conditions take place in a larger human context. And studies that combine insights from archeologists and environmental ...
Archaeology
Feb 26, 2021
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How housing discrimination affects environmental inequality
Economists and urban planners generally agree that local pollution sources disproportionally impact racial minorities in the U.S. The reasons for this are largely unclear, but a University of Illinois study provides new insights ...
Social Sciences
Feb 26, 2021
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Light-emitting tattoo engineered for the first time
Scientists at UCL and the IIT—Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) have created a temporary tattoo with light-emitting technology used in TV and smartphone screens, paving the way for a new ...
Materials Science
Feb 26, 2021
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Maternal instincts lead to social life of bees
The maternal care of offspring is one of the behavioral drivers that has led some bee species to have an ever-expanding social life over the history of evolution, new research out of York University has found.
Plants & Animals
Feb 26, 2021
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