The inspiration for a new book by Jeffrey Lane that examines how social media impacts the lives of black teenagers grew out of his involvement with a community initiative to engage teens online as a way of building a safer ...
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2018
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Miniature devices for sensing biological molecules could be developed quicker thanks to a rapid prototyping method.
Materials Science
Nov 9, 2018
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On the sidelines at European Space Weather Week 2018, in Leuven, Belgium, ESA Web TV caught up with two experts working on the fascinating science of how our Sun's raging activity affects Earth and, ultimately, the infrastructure, ...
Space Exploration
Nov 9, 2018
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This image shows dramatic dark areas in the Sun's corona and was acquired by the SWAP instrument on ESA's Proba-2 mission at midday on Wednesday, 7 November.
Space Exploration
Nov 9, 2018
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Antibiotic resistance is a global threat that leads to more than 23,000 deaths each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Over-exposure to antibiotics has long been blamed, but Assistant ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 9, 2018
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Crystalline perovskite cells are the key to cutting-edge thin-film solar cells. Although they already achieve very high levels of efficiency in the laboratory, commercial applications are hampered by the fact that the material ...
Materials Science
Nov 9, 2018
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The simple transport of drugs directly into cells is one of the primary goals of the pharmaceutical industry. In large part, researchers still don't possess a detailed understanding at the molecular level of the processes ...
Biochemistry
Nov 9, 2018
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The bending of a hook into wire to fish for the handle of a basket is surprisingly challenging for young children under eight years of age. Now, cognitive biologists and comparative psychologists led by Isabelle Laumer and ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2018
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An unusually complex form of one of the most abundant chemical elements on Earth has been revealed in the lab for the first time.
Materials Science
Nov 9, 2018
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An inexpensive way to make products incorporating nanoparticles—such as high-performance energy devices or sophisticated diagnostic tests—has been developed by researchers.
Nanomaterials
Nov 9, 2018
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