In less than a second, a small sensor used in brain chemistry research can detect the key molecules that provide the genetic instructions for life, RNA and DNA, a new study from American University shows.
Biochemistry
Mar 4, 2021
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As light as possible and as strong as possible at the same time: These are the requirements for modern lightweight materials, such as those used in aircraft construction and the automotive industry. A research team from Helmholtz-Zentrum ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 4, 2021
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A new path toward sending and receiving information with single photons of light has been discovered by an international team of researchers led by the University of Michigan.
Quantum Physics
Mar 4, 2021
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COSMIC, a multipurpose X-ray instrument at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (Berkeley Lab's) Advanced Light Source (ALS), has made headway in the scientific community since its launch less than 2 years ago, with groundbreaking ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 4, 2021
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Researchers at the Earlham Institute (EI) have created a new automated workflow using liquid handling robots to identify the genetic basis to prevent plant pathogens, which can be used on a much larger and rapid scale than ...
Biotechnology
Mar 4, 2021
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When a block of ice the size of Houston, Texas, broke off from East Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf in 2019, scientists had anticipated the calving event, but not exactly where it would happen. Now, satellite data can help scientists ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 4, 2021
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When birds see a predator in their midst, one defensive strategy is to call out loudly, attracting other birds of the same or different species to do the same. Sometimes individuals within this 'mobbing flock' will fly over ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 4, 2021
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Putting a price on producing carbon is the cheapest, most efficient policy change legislators can make to reduce emissions that cause climate change, new research suggests.
Environment
Mar 4, 2021
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Female gannets travel further than male gannets to find fish for their chicks in some years but not others, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Mar 4, 2021
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An exquisitely detailed global ocean model simulation from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has given scientists rare insight into where baby sea turtles may go in their "lost years" after they scramble ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 4, 2021
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