Cyclones can damage even distant reefs
Big and strong cyclones can harm coral reefs as far as 1000 kilometres away from their paths, new research shows.
Environment
May 27, 2020
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Researchers take a cue from nature to create bulletproof coatings
Shrimp, lobsters and mushrooms may not seem like great tools for the battlefield, but three engineers from the University of Houston are using chitin—a derivative of glucose found in the cellular walls of arthropods and ...
Materials Science
May 27, 2020
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Airborne science discovers complex geomorphic controls on Bornean forests
Tropical forests contain some of the most biodiverse and dynamic ecosystems in the world. Environmental conditions such as precipitation, temperature, and soils shape the biota of the landscape. This influence is especially ...
Ecology
May 27, 2020
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Oxygen-excess oxides in Earth's mid-mantle facilitate the ascent of deep oxygen
Subduction of hydrous materials imposes great influence on the structure, dynamics, and evolution of our planet. However, it is largely unclear how subducting slabs chemically interact with the middle mantle. Recently, an ...
Earth Sciences
May 27, 2020
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Extraction of skin interstitial fluid using microneedle patches
Interstitial fluid is a major component of the liquid environment in the body and fills the spaces between the body's cells. In contrast, blood circulates only within the circulatory vessels of the body and is composed of ...
Bio & Medicine
May 27, 2020
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Study uncovers gender roles in physics lab courses
A robust body of research examines and addresses gender discrepancies in many fields, but physics is not one of them, Cornell researchers have found.
Education
May 27, 2020
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A (much) earlier birth date for tectonic plates
Yale geophysicists reported that Earth's ever-shifting, underground network of tectonic plates was firmly in place more than 4 billion years ago—at least a billion years earlier than scientists generally thought.
Earth Sciences
May 27, 2020
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Under pressure, black holes feast
A new, Yale-led study shows that some supermassive black holes actually thrive under pressure.
Astronomy
May 27, 2020
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Avalanche photodiode breaks performance record for LiDAR receivers
Electrical and computer engineers at the University of Virginia and University of Texas-Austin have developed an avalanche photodiode that achieved record performance and has the potential to transform next generation night-vision ...
Optics & Photonics
May 27, 2020
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Tuning the surface gives variations to metal foils
Just as cloning in biology allows for the creation of one or more replicas of the exact same genes, seeded growth in chemistry can produce a very large metal foil with the exact same surface texture as that of a seeded one. ...
Materials Science
May 27, 2020
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