DNA is not only the blueprint of life, it has become the backbone for making tiny structures that can be inserted into the human body to diagnose and treat disease. In particular, researchers are setting their sights on a ...
Biochemistry
Aug 19, 2020
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Radiocarbon dating is set to become more accurate than ever after an international team of scientists improved the technique for assessing the age of historical objects.
Archaeology
Aug 12, 2020
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No satellite stays the same once launched into space. How much it changes can go unnoticed—until something bad happens.
Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2020
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Crystals can be made artificially but a lot of energy is used to melt the ingredients together, and this can make them expensive. This problem can be overcome by using appropriate solvents. Called the flux method, crystals ...
Materials Science
May 1, 2020
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A polar is a highly magnetic type of cataclysmic variables containing an accreting white dwarf and a low-mass donor star. Due to the magnetism, the white dwarf would synchronously spin, however, there are still several asynchronous ...
Astronomy
Apr 29, 2020
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Efforts to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic are now the top priority of governments across the globe. As they make these life-saving decisions, it is particularly crucial for policymakers to accurately predict ...
Mathematics
Apr 23, 2020
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CHEOPS has reached its next milestone: Following extensive tests in Earth's orbit, some of which the mission team was forced to carry out from home due to the coronavirus crisis, the space telescope has been declared ready ...
Astronomy
Apr 16, 2020
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A professor at Duke University says that the way spilled milk spreads across the floor can explain why economic downturns regularly occur.
General Physics
Mar 24, 2020
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Quantum entanglement is perhaps one of the most intriguing phenomena known to physics. It describes how the fates of multiple particles can become entwined, even when separated by vast distances. Importantly, the probability ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 25, 2020
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People rely on a highly tuned sense of touch to manipulate objects, but injuries to the skin and the simple act of wearing gloves can impair this ability. Surgeons, for example, find that gloves decrease their ability to ...
General Physics
Feb 18, 2020
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