The uplift of the Tibet Plateau is considered to be the main driving force behind the evolution of the Asian monsoon-arid climate as well as biodiversity in the region. Surface elevation is the intuitive expression of tectonic ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 8, 2022
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Recent findings by UCSF and Arc Institute scientists open up new possibilities for overcoming a fundamental challenge in drug discovery. There can be a tradeoff between optimizing a drug's key-in-a-lock fit with its target ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 8, 2022
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At the icy northern tip of Greenland, far into the Artic Circle, a deep bed of sediment beneath the mouth of a fjord has lain frozen and undisturbed for 2 million years.
Evolution
Dec 8, 2022
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When people hear the term "insider trading," they typically think of financial scandals involving Martha Stewart, Ivan Boesky or the movie "Wall Street." But the term also has far less sinister connotations.
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2022
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White Americans who think that White people are poor are more likely to believe that welfare recipients are hardworking, and to support welfare policies, according to new research in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2022
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Opinion poll or survey results could potentially change depending on whether respondents are provided with spoken or written information, new research suggests.
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2022
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As means to raise capital for a business venture, crowdfunding has come increasingly to the fore since the advent of social media. A good campaign that goes viral can quickly bring adequate funds for an adventurous start-up. ...
Economics & Business
Dec 8, 2022
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When a white Texas middle school teacher told his students in November 2022 that he was "ethnocentric" and thought his race was "superior," he attempted to explain his position by arguing that he was hardly the only person ...
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2022
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The term "late capitalism" seems to be everywhere as a trending meme—often used as a kind of shorthand to illustrate the absurdities of certain free market economies.
Economics & Business
Dec 8, 2022
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Very small exhaled droplets, so-called aerosol particles, play an important role in the airborne transmission of pathogens such as the coronavirus. Researchers in the field of fluid mechanics used a model to investigate how ...
General Physics
Dec 8, 2022
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