To get the extremely high-resolution images vital to study new materials, microbes, and more, scientists often build microscopes based on optical vortices. Forming these tiny tornadoes of light is done using quartz or liquid ...
Plasma Physics
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Thoroughly understanding the growth of branches and leaves of individual fruit-bearing trees and adequately managing them are important in improving their quality. However, daily observation and advanced knowledge are necessary ...
Computer Sciences
May 7, 2018
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Agroecology is a better alternative than large-scale agriculture, both for the climate and for small farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to researcher Ellinor Isgren from Lund University in Sweden. This agricultural ...
Environment
May 7, 2018
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Color changes in the northern Red Sea indicate rising sea temperatures could significantly impact tropical marine ecosystems.
Environment
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Sometimes the best part of reading a scientific paper is an unexpected moment of recognition—not in the science, but in the humanity of the scientists. It's reassuring in a way to find small departures from the staid scientific ...
Other
May 7, 2018
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Sensors now make it possible to capture touches on the body very precisely, even from multiple fingers. Researchers have successfully tested a new prototype sensor in four different applications.
Engineering
May 7, 2018
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A research team from the Research Institute of Mechanics, MSU together with a colleague from the Center of New Space Technologies, MAI described the behavior of a liquid sheet propagating in open space. The results of the ...
Soft Matter
May 7, 2018
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Researchers believe that DNA – the molecule that stores information about life – could one day be used as a type of sensor, to record information based on its surroundings.
Biotechnology
May 7, 2018
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The spacecraft element of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently completed its first two major launch environmental tests at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Redondo Beach, California, and will soon undergo further ...
Space Exploration
May 7, 2018
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Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are generally regarded as a clean and sustainable energy-conversion technology to replace increasingly scarce fossil fuels due to the high energy conversion efficiency, high energy ...
Materials Science
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