Researchers from Tohoku University have discovered a new petit-spot volcano at the oldest section of the Pacific Plate. The research team, led by Associate Professor Naoto Hirano of the Center for Northeast Asian Studies, ...
Earth Sciences
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Given a choice of items to lose on a train, a top-secret document detailing the newly developed hydrogen bomb should be on the bottom of the list. In January 1953, amid the Red Scare and the Korean War, that's exactly what ...
General Physics
Dec 4, 2019
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Hokkaido University researchers have developed a hydrogel that does the opposite of what polymer-based materials, like plastic bottles, normally do: their material hardens when heated and softens when cooled. Their findings, ...
Materials Science
Dec 4, 2019
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Manchester Museum recently returned items taken from Australia more than 100 years ago to Aboriginal leaders, the latest move in an ongoing debate over calls to "repatriate" museum artifacts to their countries of origin.
Archaeology
Dec 4, 2019
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Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), working with the University of Latvia, the University of Berlin, Cambridge University and University College London, have developed a tomographic method to visualize the ...
Quantum Physics
Dec 4, 2019
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EPFL researchers have developed Big Data tools for identifying new gene functions. The work identifies millions of connections between genes and their functions, and can facilitate the development of precision medicine.
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 4, 2019
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A technique adapted from telecommunications promises more effective cancer treatments.
Bio & Medicine
Dec 4, 2019
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Data gathered by NASA's now defunct Kepler telescope provides a solution to an astronomical mystery.
Astronomy
Dec 4, 2019
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UWA, Curtin university and Perth zoo researchers have discovered that Australian endangered ghost bats in the Pilbara (WA) eat over 46 different species.
Plants & Animals
Dec 4, 2019
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Every year, the Global Carbon Project analyses the global sources and sinks of CO2 and their trends. The latest figures, as well as those from the UNEP emission gap report published last week, are disconcerting: global CO2 ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2019
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