EPFL scientists have developed the first micro-structured fibers with a viscous metal inside—a perfect example of what cross-disciplinary teamwork can achieve.
Nanomaterials
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Segregation, as history and modern times have shown, plays a profound role in social and economic outcomes.
Social Sciences
Aug 4, 2020
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Soils harbor a substantial part of the world's biodiversity, yet data on the patterns and processes taking place below ground does not represent all relevant ecosystems and taxa. For example, tropical and subtropical regions ...
Ecology
Aug 4, 2020
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Astronomers have investigated a nearby cataclysmic variable system known as CTCV J2056-3014 using ESA's XMM-Newton satellite. Results of the study, presented in a paper published July 28 on the arXiv pre-print repository, ...
A new longitudinal study published in the Journal of Educational Psychology from Vanderbilt's Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth finds that there are no negative effects on the long-term well-being of gifted youth from ...
Education
Aug 4, 2020
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The development of eco-friendly pesticides urgently required to protect crops will be accelerated with funding from the Australian Research Council.
Biotechnology
Aug 4, 2020
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Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM have joined forces with partners in industry and healthcare to develop a handy graphene oxide-based sensor platform to detect acute infections ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 4, 2020
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Rising temperatures driven by climate change could cause tens of millions of deaths per year worldwide by the end of the century, potentially matching the global death rate for all infectious diseases combined, according ...
Environment
Aug 4, 2020
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The technical hurdles to recycling clothing made of cotton have been too high in the past, but now a team of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP and a Swedish company have cleared that ...
Polymers
Aug 4, 2020
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North American river otters are known for their playful swimming, but they are also an important species for helping scientists understand the health of river systems. A new study from North Carolina State University detected ...
Ecology
Aug 4, 2020
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