Climate risk index shows threats to 90% of the world's marine species
Climate change impacts marine life through a bewildering web of complex pathways.
Environment
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Newly-developed AI method uses transformer models to study human cells
Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have developed a method that uses artificial intelligence to augment how cells are studied and could help scientists better understand and eventually ...
Biotechnology
Aug 15, 2023
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World's smallest magnifying glass makes it possible to see chemical bonds between atoms
For centuries, scientists believed that light, like all waves, couldn't be focused down smaller than its wavelength, just under a millionth of a metre. Now, researchers led by the University of Cambridge have created the ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 10, 2016
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First observation of an inhomogeneous electron charge distribution on an atom
Until now, observing subatomic structures was beyond the resolution capabilities of direct imaging methods, and this seemed unlikely to change. Czech scientists, however, have presented a method with which they became the ...
General Physics
Nov 11, 2021
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Gold jewelry from the time of Nefertiti found in Bronze Age tombs in Cyprus
Archaeologists from the University of Gothenburg have concluded an excavation of two tombs in the Bronze Age city of Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus. The finds include over 150 human skeletons and close to 500 objects—including ...
Archaeology
Dec 1, 2021
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Study finds emojis are differently interpreted depending on gender, culture, and age of viewer
Gender, culture, and age all appear to play a role in how emojis are interpreted, according to a study published in PLOS ONE by Yihua Chen, Xingchen Yang and colleagues from the University of Nottingham, UK.
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2024
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Manipulating atoms one at a time with an electron beam
The ultimate degree of control for engineering would be the ability to create and manipulate materials at the most basic level, fabricating devices atom by atom with precise control.
General Physics
May 17, 2019
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Schrödinger's cat with 20 qubits
Dead or alive, left-spinning or right-spinning—in the quantum world particles such as the famous analogy of Schrödinger's cat can be all these things at the same time. An international team, including researchers from ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 13, 2019
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Scientists reveal the genetic roadmap to building an entire organism from a single cell
Whether a worm, a human or a blue whale, all multicellular life begins as a single-celled egg.
Biotechnology
Apr 26, 2018
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Study shows diverse gut bacteria communities protect against harmful pathogens by nutrient blocking
The human gut is home to hundreds of different bacterial species collectively known as the gut microbiome. A major health benefit these provide is to protect the gut against invading pathogens (disease-causing microorganisms) ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 14, 2023
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