Video: Chemistry of tattoos
If you don't have a tattoo, you probably at least know someone who does—but what's the chemistry behind tattoos?
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Understanding the molecular origin of epigenetic markers
Researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Cambridge University and New York University, led by Modesto Orozco, Group Leader at IRB Barcelona, Director of Life Sciences at the Barcelona Supercomputing ...
Biochemistry
Jul 28, 2015
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First measurements taken of South Africa's Iron Age magnetic field history
A team of researchers has for the first time recovered a magnetic field record from ancient minerals for Iron Age southern Africa (between 1000 and 1500 AD). The data, combined with the current weakening of Earth's magnetic ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 28, 2015
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Lobster-Eye imager detects soft X-ray emissions
Solar winds are known for powering dangerous space weather events near Earth, which, in turn, endangers space assets. So a large interdisciplinary group of researchers, led by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...
General Physics
Jul 28, 2015
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Origins of life: New model may explain emergence of self-replication on early Earth
When life on Earth began nearly 4 billion years ago, long before humans, dinosaurs or even the earliest single-celled forms of life roamed, it may have started as a hiccup rather than a roar: small, simple molecular building ...
Biochemistry
Jul 28, 2015
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'Expansion entropy': A new litmus test for chaos?
Can the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? This intriguing hypothetical scenario, commonly called "the butterfly effect," has come to embody the popular conception of a chaotic system, in which ...
General Physics
Jul 28, 2015
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The battle for Britain's roads – motorists versus pedestrians
Professor Keith Laybourn, with Professor David Taylor, examine the coming of the car – what it meant for British society and in particular how it was policed.
Social Sciences
Jul 28, 2015
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Motorola refreshes Android phones, offers better cameras
Motorola is refreshing its Android smartphones with better cameras and other improvements as it seeks to lure customers who want lower-cost alternatives to leading smartphones from Apple and Samsung.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 28, 2015
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Study finds unexpected biases against teen girls' leadership
Making Caring Common (MCC), a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, today released new research that suggests that many teen boys and teen girls—and some of their parents—have biases against teen girls ...
Social Sciences
Jul 28, 2015
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'Seeing' molecular interactions could give boost to organic electronics
Organic materials are increasingly being applied in cutting-edge technologies. Organic semiconductors, for example, are being used to develop paper-thin, plastic LED screens.
Materials Science
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