Secrets of 'smasher shrimp' property ladder revealed
Mantis shrimps carefully survey burrows before trying to evict rivals, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2020
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Climate change drives plants to extinction in the Black Forest in Germany, study finds
Climate change is leaving its mark on the bog complexes of the German Black Forest. Due to rising temperatures and longer dry periods, two plant species have already gone extinct over the last 40 years. The populations of ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2020
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Lockdown interviews show poor housing quality has made life even tougher
Life during COVID-19 has not been a uniform experience. There have been distinct differences in how people have contended with lockdown, depending on whether they have access to safe, secure and decent accommodation.
Economics & Business
Oct 28, 2020
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Ultra-small hollow alloy nanoparticles for synergistic hydrogen evolution catalysis
Because hydrogen fuel has high energy density and does not pollute the environment, it has now shown the potential to replace fossil energy. The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is one of the most promising hydrogen production ...
Materials Science
Oct 28, 2020
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Direct observation of a single electron's butterfly-shaped distribution in titanium oxide
The functions and physical properties of solid materials, such as magnetic order and unconventional superconductivity, are greatly influenced by the orbital state of the outermost electrons (valence electrons) of the constituent ...
General Physics
Oct 28, 2020
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Genetic analysis system yields new insights into bacterial pneumonia
A team of infectious disease researchers has developed a new method to identify virulence genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae, the leading cause of bacterial pneumonia. Using this technique in a mouse model of pneumonia, they ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 28, 2020
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Astronomers discover activity on distant planetary object
Centaurs are minor planets believed to have originated in the Kuiper Belt in the outer solar system. They sometimes have comet-like features such as tails and comae—clouds of dust particles and gas—even though they orbit ...
Astronomy
Oct 28, 2020
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Weak equivalence principle violated in gravitational waves
The Weak equivalence principle (WEP) is a key aspect of classical physics. It states that when particles are in freefall, the trajectories they follow are entirely independent of their masses. However, it is not yet clear ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 28, 2020
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Reduction by reduction: Novel approach to mitigating chromium contamination in wastewater
The element chromium, despite having various applications, has a bad reputation. This is because exposure to chromium compounds leads to a higher risk of respiratory cancer and other damaging effects on human health. To add ...
Materials Science
Oct 28, 2020
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Knotting semimetals in topological electrical circuits
Invented more than 15,000 years ago, knots represent one of the earliest technological breakthroughs at the dawn of human history that kick-started the subsequent rise of human civilisation. Even today, we are still relying ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 28, 2020
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