It's natural to think that mathematics is primarily about numbers. In school, we first learn how to recite numbers and then spend considerable time writing them down and manipulating them on paper. Of course, numerals (the ...
Education
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Since their adoption by 193 countries in 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals have been hailed as the "most ambitious" and "transformative" agenda for fixing the world's biggest challenges to date.
Environment
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Australia has just experienced a summer of environmental extremes. Water has played a key role. This includes prolonged drought, dry soil and bushland contributing to bushfires, and widespread shortages of water for agriculture ...
Environment
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Rice is a direct source of calories for more people than any other crop and serves as the main staple for 560 million chronically hungry people in Asia. With over 120,000 varieties of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) across ...
Biotechnology
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The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in China and the railway disruptions across Canada represent two different yet similar classic case studies.
Economics & Business
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Have you heard of foldable smartphones? How about the flexible television screen that rolls up into a box? Or the ultra-thin "wallpaper" TVs that are just millimeters thick?
Polymers
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Researchers at NIST have devised a way to eliminate a long-standing problem affecting our understanding of both living cells and batteries.
Nanophysics
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High-powered, ultra-fast lasers are increasingly used in industrial applications, thanks to their ability to remove material of almost any kind. With smooth, melt-free cuts, even on a micron scale, ultra-fast lasers are particularly ...
Optics & Photonics
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A new study by an international team of researchers including The University of Western Australia reveals the worst marine heatwave ever recorded off Western Australia was responsible for a massive loss of genetic diversity ...
Plants & Animals
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In recent years, wildfires have grabbed the spotlight for their size, severity, and frequency, with scenes of destruction in California last fall and then Australia just weeks ago dominating international news. Extremely ...
Environment
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