Current legal limits for fine dust in the air are based on the mass and size of the particles. For health effects, however, not only the amount of dust is decisive, but also its chemical composition. Empa researchers have ...
Environment
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A new population of one of the world's most endangered trees, the Bukharan pear, has been confirmed in a remote corner of Kyrgyzstan. The discovery of an estimated one hundred mature trees in a single location provides a ...
Ecology
Jul 3, 2018
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Hate speech is on the rise. In Canada alone, it increased by a staggering 600 per cent between 2015 and 2016 as part of what some have called "the Trump effect."
Social Sciences
Jul 3, 2018
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A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China has conducted a genetic study of the silkworm in hopes of better understanding its long historical ties to humans. In their paper published in the journal ...
An April 2018 survey by the Pew Research Centre has found that fewer people believe that "the Internet has been mostly a good thing for society" as compared to four years ago. This worsening perspective on the social benefits ...
Internet
Jul 3, 2018
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Standing on his farm in southern Iraq, Amjad al-Kazaali gazed sorrowfully over fields where rice has been sown for centuries—but which now lie bare for lack of water.
Environment
Jul 3, 2018
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A robotic hand covered in 'brainy skin' that mimics the human sense of touch is being developed by scientists.
Engineering
Jul 3, 2018
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An international research team led by Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University of Munich and the University of Edinburgh has used an integrated structural biological approach to elucidate the maturation of a cancer-causing ...
Biochemistry
Jul 3, 2018
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If you have ever bitten into a fruit and been disgusted to find it wriggling with cream-coloured maggots, you have already met at least one member of the fruit fly family.
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2018
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What could we do with layered structures with just the right layers? What would the properties of materials be if we could really arrange the atoms the way we want them?
Nanophysics
Jul 3, 2018
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