This box of holiday cheer is actually tubes of plasma containing suspended microparticles exposed to an electrical current to form 3-D crystal structures.
Space Exploration
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For years, Kim Cobb was the Indiana Jones of climate science. The Georgia Tech professor flew to the caves of Borneo to study ancient and current climate conditions. She jetted to a remote South Pacific island to see the ...
Environment
Dec 08, 2019
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The Antarctic Circumpolar Current flows in a loop around Antarctica, connecting the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. It is one of the most significant ocean currents in our climate system because it facilitates the exchange ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 05, 2019
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Tracking the lateral position of single cells and particles plays an important role in evaluating the efficiency of microfluidic cell focusing, separation and sorting. Traditionally, the performance of microfluidic cell separation ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 19, 2019
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A little robotic explorer will be rolling into Antarctica this month to perform a gymnastic feat—driving upside down under sea ice.
Earth Sciences
Nov 19, 2019
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From a control room in the middle of Dubai's desert, Norway's sunrises and sunsets and the cool currents of the Atlantic are recreated for the benefit of thousands of salmon raised in tanks despite searing conditions outside.
Other
Nov 19, 2019
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Climate change is accomplishing what centuries of exploration could not: opening the fabled Northwest Passage, a maritime shortcut from Europe to Asia via the Arctic Ocean.
Environment
Nov 14, 2019
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Homes and communities across the UK have felt the full force of torrential downpours in recent weeks. And the UK's uplands could in future see significantly more annual rainfall than is currently being predicted in national ...
Environment
Nov 14, 2019
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As bacteria adapt to hotter temperatures, they speed up their respiration rate and release more carbon, potentially accelerating climate change.
Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2019
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A Monash University study revealing new spin textures in pyrite could unlock these materials' potential in future spintronics devices.
Quantum Physics
Nov 12, 2019
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