Incorporated into every aspect of everyday life, the neutron is a fundamental particle of nature. Now, a research collaboration led by Los Alamos National Laboratory has improved the precision of free neutron lifetime measurements. ...
General Physics
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Researchers at The University of Manchester's National Graphene Institute have developed a new class of programmable nanofluidic memristors that mimic the memory functions of the human brain, paving the way for next-generation ...
Bio & Medicine
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If your home was destroyed by a sudden disaster that you couldn't control, you would hope that at the very least, your insurance would cover your losses. However, disaster risk financing systems are struggling to keep pace ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 4, 2025
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The human genome consists of 3 billion base pairs, and when a cell divides, it takes about seven hours to complete making a copy of its DNA. That's almost 120,000 base pairs per second. At that breakneck speed, one might ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 4, 2025
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I don't think space or lunar tourism is going to be the big draw that transforms the moon into something unrecognizable. Instead, I think it's going to be more about large-scale mining and industrialization that scars the ...
Planetary Sciences
Aug 4, 2025
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What do preschool and streetlights have in common?
Social Sciences
Aug 4, 2025
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As it soared past Mars in March, NASA's Europa Clipper conducted a critical radar test that had been impossible to accomplish on Earth. Now that mission scientists have studied the full stream of data, they can declare success: ...
Space Exploration
Aug 4, 2025
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NASA has a long record of monitoring Earth's sea surface height, information critical not only for tracking how the ocean changes over time but also for hurricane forecasting. These extreme storms can cost the United States ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 4, 2025
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A new international study coordinated by Wageningen University & Research and conducted with IPB University (Indonesia) and Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, sheds light on the complex sustainability profiles ...
Ecology
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Japan is famous for its beautiful mountain landscapes as well as for the challenges it offers to avid mountaineers. However, these mountains can get so treacherous that Japan actually records one of the highest numbers of ...
Social Sciences
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