One of the most basic components of any communications network is a power splitter that allows a signal to be sent to multiple users and devices. Researchers from Brown University have now developed just such a device for ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 29, 2016
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Queen's University biology professor Lonnie Aarssen has published a study that, for the first time, provides strong empirical support for a correlation between a motivation to seek accomplishment and an attraction to leisure.
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2016
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Global patterns of adoption spreading are induced by local adoption cascades initiated by multiple spontaneous adopters arriving at a constant rate, amplified by a large number of adoptions induced by social influence, and ...
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2016
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What's the best way to prepare high schoolers for jobs in the 21st century? Education leaders and the general public have been debating this question with more heat in recent years, clashing over whether to focus on college ...
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2016
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Big data has a bright future in personalized medicine, as demonstrated by an international competition centered at Rice University that suggested ways forward for treatment of patients with leukemia.
Computer Sciences
Jun 29, 2016
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Coyote tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata) produces a potent neurotoxic substance: nicotine. The production of nicotine is regulated by plant hormones called jasmonates. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2016
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The European Commission on Wednesday extended approval of the weedkiller glyphosate in Europe for up to 18 months amid disagreements over whether the chemical could cause cancer.
Biotechnology
Jun 29, 2016
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What if testing yourself for cancer or other diseases were as easy as testing your blood sugar or taking a home pregnancy test? In a few years, it might be.
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 29, 2016
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The high sea ice production of Antarctic coastal polynyas is attributable to the formation of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), which is a driving force for global ocean circulation. Sea ice production varies year to year as ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2016
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There are three things you can be sure of in life: death, taxes – and lying. The latter certainly appears to have been borne out by the UK's recent Brexit referendum, with a number of the Leave campaign's pledges looking ...
Internet
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