Study focused on improving radiation treatment for cancers in pet dogs
Can scientists improve cancer treatment for man's best friend?
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2018
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Gender diversity is linked to research diversity
Women and girls are increasingly encouraged to pursue STEM careers, potentially leading to greater gender diversity within research organizations. While Stanford historian Londa Schiebinger sees that as a positive step, she ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2018
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Image: Eastern U.S.
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite takes us over eastern US. Spanning a huge area, including the states of Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware, a number of major cities can be seen in this true-colour image. The megacity ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 5, 2018
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New bio-inspired dynamic materials transform themselves
Scientists have been searching for ways to develop materials that are as dynamic as living things, with the ability to change shape, move and change properties reversibly.
Materials Science
Oct 5, 2018
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New method measures single molecules from nanoliter of blood in real time
University of Groningen scientists, led by Associate Professor of Chemical Biology Giovanni Maglia, have designed a nanopore system that is capable of measuring different metabolites simultaneously in a variety of biological ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 5, 2018
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Species-rich forests store twice as much carbon as monocultures
Species-rich subtropical forests can take up, on average, twice as much carbon as monocultures. An international research team with the involvement of the University of Zurich has evaluated data from forests grown specifically ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 5, 2018
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Observations challenge cosmological theories
Recent observations have created a puzzle for astrophysicists: Since the Big Bang, fewer galaxy clusters have formed over time than were actually expected. Physicists from the university of Bonn have now confirmed this phenomenon. ...
Astronomy
Oct 5, 2018
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Broad genetic variation on the Pontic-Caspian Steppe
The genetic variation within the Scythian nomad group is so broad that it can only be explained by the group assimilating people it came in contact with. This is shown in a new study on Bronze and Iron Age genetics of the ...
Archaeology
Oct 5, 2018
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Neutrons scan magnetic fields inside samples
With a newly developed neutron tomography technique, an HZB team has mapped for the first time magnetic field lines inside materials at the BER II research reactor. Tensorial neutron tomography promises new insights into ...
General Physics
Oct 5, 2018
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Cryptography techniques to screen synthetic DNA could help prevent the creation of dangerous pathogens
In 2016, synthetic biologists reconstructed a possibly extinct disease, known as horsepox, using mail-order DNA for around $100,000. The experiment was strictly for research purposes, and the disease itself is harmless to ...
Biotechnology
Oct 5, 2018
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