UAlberta researchers have created two new imaging agents that could help physicians visualize the formation of tumour-associated blood vessels, keep track of tumour growth and possibly generate new therapies.
Bio & Medicine
Oct 4, 2017
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Individual nanoscale nuggets of gold, copper, aluminum, silver and other metals that capture light's energy and put it to work are being employed by Rice University scientists who have discovered a way to build multifunctional ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 4, 2017
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With emerging exascale supercomputers, researchers will soon be able to accurately simulate the ground motions of regional earthquakes quickly and in unprecedented detail, as well as predict how these movements will impact ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 4, 2017
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One of the most mysterious stellar objects may be revealing some of its secrets at last.
Astronomy
Oct 4, 2017
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In 2015, a star called KIC 8462852 caused quite a stir in and beyond the astronomy community due to a series of rapid, unexplained dimming events seen while it was being monitored by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. And the ...
Astronomy
Oct 4, 2017
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A cybersecurity adviser to President Donald Trump is pushing to phase out the use of Social Security numbers as a form of identification.
Security
Oct 4, 2017
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Most Americans believe their jobs are safe from the spread of automation and robotics, at least during their lifetimes, and only a handful says automation has cost them a job or loss of income.
Other
Oct 4, 2017
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Greece's Culture Ministry says archaeologists revisiting one of the most famous shipwrecks of ancient times off southern Greece have found fragments of bronze statues and a section of the wooden hull.
Archaeology
Oct 4, 2017
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13
There are precious few species today in the biodiversity hotspot of Madagascar that scientists can trace directly back to when all of Earth's continents were joined together as part of the primeval supercontinent Pangea.
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2017
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Hurricane Irma took a devastating toll on incubating sea turtle nests in the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, one of the most important loggerhead and green turtle nesting sites in the world, according to new estimates ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2017
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