Antibiotic resistance is one of the world's most urgent public health threats. In the United States alone, tens of thousands of deaths result each year from drug-resistant strains of common bacteria such as Staphylococcus ...
Biochemistry
Sep 23, 2020
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Water evaporation, as observed when a puddle of water disappears on a summer day, is a remarkably powerful process. If it were harnessed, the process could provide a clean source of energy to power mechanical machines and ...
Materials Science
Sep 14, 2020
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A new study finds that Earth's water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed—instead of far-reaching comets or asteroids delivering such water. The findings ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2020
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https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/ingredients-life-appear-stellar-nurseries-long-stars-are-born
Astronomy
Jun 12, 2020
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Life as we know it requires phosphorus. It's one of the six main chemical elements of life, it forms the backbone of DNA and RNA molecules, acts as the main currency for energy in all cells and anchors the lipids that separate ...
Environment
Dec 30, 2019
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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/goddard/2019/sugars-in-meteorites
Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2019
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Quantum computers with the ability to perform complex calculations, encrypt data more securely and more quickly predict the spread of viruses, may be within closer reach thanks to a new discovery by Johns Hopkins researchers.
Quantum Physics
Oct 10, 2019
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Almost a quarter of the universe stands literally in the shadows. According to cosmologists' theories, 25.8% of it is made up of dark matter, whose presence is signaled essentially only by its gravitational pull. What this ...
General Physics
Aug 21, 2019
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Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a mathematical framework that can turn any sheet of material into any prescribed shape, inspired by the paper craft ...
Mathematics
Aug 20, 2019
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A new family of enzymes has been engineered to perform one of the most important steps in the conversion of plant waste into sustainable and high-value products such as nylon, plastics and chemicals.
Biochemistry
Jun 24, 2019
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