Cells often move in groups. They sometimes adopt a strategy that leads them to move in antiparallel directions, as explained by the work of the Biology-inspired Physics at MesoScales team led by Pascal Silberzan at Institut ...
General Physics
Apr 30, 2018
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A new conductor material and a new electrode material could pave the way for inexpensive batteries and therefore the large-scale storage of renewable energy.
Materials Science
Apr 30, 2018
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The Equine Cardioteam, led by Prof Gunther van Loon, has treated a Norwegian showjumper stallion with a cardiac arrhythmia by ablation. The horse had been successfully treated by electroshock therapy several times but showed ...
Other
Apr 30, 2018
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The bombing of the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States in 1945 was the first and only use of nuclear weapons against civilian targets. Researchers conducted a series of studies in its aftermath to ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 30, 2018
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Kyoto University scientists are one step closer to designing porous materials that can change and retain their shapes—a function known as shape-memory effect.
Materials Science
Apr 30, 2018
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Taking measures against climate change and converting into societies that use significant amounts of renewable energy for power are two of the most important issues common to developed countries today. One promising technology ...
Materials Science
Apr 30, 2018
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A study carried out as a collaborative approach between University of Tampere, Finland, and Imperial College London has shown that mechanically regulated proteins talin and α-catenin have stable intermediates during mechanical ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 30, 2018
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Researchers from Tomsk Polytechnic University (Russia) and Bangor University (UK) have experimentally verified anomalous amplitude apodization for non-spherical particles for the first time. This phenomenon makes it possible ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 30, 2018
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The critically endangered Yanbaru whiskered bat Myotis yanbarensis, discovered 22 years ago, has been caught for the first time on Okinawa Island. Kyoto University doctoral student Jason Preble succeeded in the capture on ...
Ecology
Apr 30, 2018
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Increasing fires and summer droughts caused by global warming are drastically changing a globally unique bio-region of northern California and southwestern Oregon, according to new research funded by the National Science ...
Environment
Apr 30, 2018
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