With state legislatures nationwide preparing for the once-a-decade redrawing of voting districts, a research team has developed a better computational method to help identify improper gerrymandering designed to favor specific ...
Political science
May 6, 2021
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Scientists from the University of Bristol's Quantum Engineering Technology Labs (QETLabs) have developed an algorithm that provides valuable insights into the physics underlying quantum systems—paving the way for significant ...
General Physics
Apr 29, 2021
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In an interdisciplinary research project carried out at Tel Aviv University, researchers from the School of Plant Sciences affiliated with the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences collaborated with their colleagues from ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 28, 2021
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Computer simulations show that the miniature solar flares nicknamed 'campfires," discovered last year by ESA's Solar Orbiter, are likely driven by a process that may contribute significantly to the heating of the sun's outer ...
Astronomy
Apr 27, 2021
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One of the great mysteries of modern space science is neatly summed up by the view from NASA's Perseverance, which just landed on Mars: Today it's a desert planet, and yet the rover is sitting right next to an ancient river ...
Planetary Sciences
Apr 26, 2021
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New, detailed study of the Renland Ice Cap offers the possibility of modeling other smaller ice caps and glaciers with significantly greater accuracy than hitherto. The study combined airborne radar data to determine the ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 15, 2021
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Michigan State University's Witold Nazarewicz has a simple way to describe the complex work he does at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB.
General Physics
Apr 9, 2021
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There are many policies that could potentially curb carbon dioxide emissions and slow global warming. Some are projected to cost trillions of dollars for governments and taxpayers. And yet, society will also pay a price if ...
Social Sciences
Apr 2, 2021
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A small-branched shrub found in India known locally as Moddu Soppu (Justicia wynaadensis) is used to make a sweet dish during the monsoon season by the inhabitants of Kodagu district in Karanataka exclusively during the monsoons. ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 2, 2021
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Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed a novel computational approach to better understand freezing in different types of liquids.
Materials Science
Mar 18, 2021
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