New research from McGill University and the University of California, Santa Cruz has found that the local streets of the world's cities are becoming less connected, a global trend that is driving urban sprawl and discouraging ...
Social Sciences
Jan 14, 2020
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Timing is everything when it comes to the embryonic development of pre-vertebrae divisions along the body of an embryo, according to researchers in Japan. A new live-imaging technique in mouse cells suggests a specific clock ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 8, 2020
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For most of our evolutionary history—for most of the time anatomically modern humans have been on Earth—we've shared the planet with other species of humans. It's only been in the last 30,000 years, the mere blink of ...
Archaeology
Dec 19, 2019
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Scientists of Sechenov University with colleagues from Australia have proposed a quicker and cheaper way to assess meat quality. It is based on exposing a small sample to UV light and measuring the spectrum of emission. The ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 19, 2019
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Particles can sometimes act like waves, and photons (particles of light) are no exception. Just as waves create an interference pattern, like ripples on a pond, so do photons. Physicists from the National Institute of Standards ...
Quantum Physics
Dec 17, 2019
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Job enrichment may be an important tool for retaining seasonal frontline staff, according to a new University of Waterloo study.
Economics & Business
Dec 17, 2019
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As the complexity and applications of additive manufacturing increase, Penn State researchers are digging down to the smallest scales to optimize the technology on a molecular level.
Materials Science
Dec 17, 2019
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Research from Oxford University calls us to reconsider how behaviours may spread through societies of wild animals, and how this might provide new insights into human social networks.
Evolution
Dec 3, 2019
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Cold waves triggered by sea ice loss in the Arctic are memorized in the Eurasian Continent, amplifying cooling in the winters to follow, according to a joint research team between Hokkaido University and Niigata University ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 2, 2019
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Farmers across the world could jack up giant profits using an Artificial Intelligence soil monitoring system developed at Brunel University London.
Environment
Nov 27, 2019
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