A new finding by physicists at MIT and in Israel shows that under certain specialized conditions, electrons can speed through a narrow opening in a piece of metal more easily than traditional theory says is possible.
Superconductivity
Mar 7, 2017
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An exhaustive genetic analysis of modern-day organisms has revealed new insights into Earth's earliest forms of complex life.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 7, 2017
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Scrambled and indecipherable messages are the back bone of the internet as we know it.
Quantum Physics
Mar 7, 2017
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A team of scientists from MIPT, Research Center Jülich (Germany), and Institut de Biologie Structurale (France) has developed a new approach to membrane protein crystallization. For the first time, the scientists have showed ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 7, 2017
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An international group of researchers from Russia, Greece and Kazakhstan made an important discovery for enhancing the effectiveness of lasers, including those used in medicine. The results of their project have been published ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 7, 2017
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When the Deepwater Horizon drilling pipe blew out seven years ago, beginning the worst oil spill in U.S. history, those in charge of the recovery discovered a new wrinkle: the millions of gallons of oil bubbling from the ...
Materials Science
Mar 7, 2017
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As Uber's gets dented by controversies, on-demand ride rival Lyft is accelerating expansion and out to pick up converts by appearing a friendlier, more sympathic alternative.
Business
Mar 7, 2017
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Ancient DNA traces from the family of viruses that cause a rare type of leukaemia have been found in the genomes of bats, filling the "last major gap" in retrovirus fossil record.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 7, 2017
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China is violating its free-trade pledges by pressing foreign makers of electric cars and other goods to share technology under an industry development plan that is likely to shrink access to its markets, a business group ...
Business
Mar 7, 2017
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The Asian inland plateau (AIP) is located in the East Asian monsoon marginal areas and mainly includes Mongolia and part of northern China. Covering arid and semi-arid regions, the climate variability of the AIP is complex ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 7, 2017
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