Image: Proba-V view of Hawaii
ESA's Proba-V minisatellite gazes down at Earth's largest volcano – Mauna Loa, or 'long mountain' which covers half of the island of Hawaii.
Earth Sciences
Apr 7, 2016
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Bacteria use their own pumps to collect magnesium
Researchers at UiO and NCMM have discovered that the system used by bacteria to transport magnesium is so sensitive that it can detect a pinch of magnesium salt in a swimming pool.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 7, 2016
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Educated Muslim women much less likely to be in professional jobs than white women
Muslim women are much less likely to be in professional jobs than white women, even when they are as well educated, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2016
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Top soccer players are under-performing because of gambling, research says
Some top soccer players are under-performing because of worries about gambling losses, new research says.
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2016
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Men on Tinder think they have a 'licence to use unattractive women as they see fit'
Men on Tinder think they have a "licence to use women as they see fit" if their date's appearance is less attractive than her profile photograph, research says.
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2016
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Samsung starts mass producing industry's first 10-nanometer class DRAM
Samsung Electronics announced today that it has begun mass producing the industry's first 10-nanometer (nm) class, 8-gigabit (Gb) DDR4 (double-data-rate-4) DRAM chips and the modules derived from them. DDR4 is quickly becoming ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Apr 7, 2016
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Nanoporous material's strange 'breathing' behavior
High-tech sponges of the infinitely small, nanoporous materials can capture and release gaseous or liquid chemicals in a controlled way. A team of French and German researchers from the Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris ...
Materials Science
Apr 7, 2016
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Populations of early human settlers grew like an 'invasive species,' researchers find
Bustling cities, sprawling suburbs and blossoming agricultural regions might seem strong evidence that people have always dominated the environment. A Stanford study of South America's colonization shows that human populations ...
Archaeology
Apr 7, 2016
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Magnetic delivery of therapeutic enzymes paves the way for targeted thrombosis treatment
Researchers from ITMO University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje have fabricated a new magnetically controlled material composed of enzymes entrapped directly within magnetite ...
Biochemistry
Apr 7, 2016
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AP PHOTOS: Iraqi museum refuge for relics of the past
After the destruction wreaked on archaeological sites by Islamic State group, the collections at the Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad have become even more important. It's now one of the only places you can find relics from ...
Archaeology
Apr 7, 2016
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