Intense rain in northern Venezuela caused a landslide that has killed at least three people, President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday as he visited another site where over 50 died in similar circumstances last week.
Environment
Oct 18, 2022
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Optical tweezers (OTs), also known as optical traps, are highly focused laser beams that can be used to trap and manipulate microscopic objects with a noncontact force. Employed in a wide range of nano and micro-scale operations, ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 12, 2022
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As one of the most disastrous weather systems, typhoons heavily impact human life, property, and socioeconomic development. To mitigate these challenges, meteorologists and modeling experts have steadily improved typhoon ...
Environment
Oct 12, 2022
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New substances that activate adrenalin receptors instead of opioid receptors have a similar pain relieving effect to opiates, but without the negative aspects such as respiratory depression and addiction.
Biochemistry
Oct 4, 2022
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New energy efficient streetlights are playing a major role in influencing insect behavior, says NIWA.
Ecology
Oct 3, 2022
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Human disturbance is rapidly changing the nature of the nocturnal world. Intensive farming, suburban spread, artificially lit cities, and continuously busy road systems mean daytime species are becoming increasingly active ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2022
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Rewilding landscapes using elements of farming practice can help to restore ecosystems and produce high-welfare, high-quality food, researchers say.
Ecology
Sep 29, 2022
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Photosynthesis is probably the most important chemical reaction for life on Earth. It is the process plants use to transform sunlight into energy it can use. Through it, plants can produce carbohydrates they can use (and ...
Astrobiology
Sep 26, 2022
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Prof. Yan Xiaoli from Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Li Qiaoling, a post-doctor from Yunnan University, have determined the bright-magnetic relationship for decaying sunspots for the first time.
Astronomy
Sep 26, 2022
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Thermal scientists from the Iowa State University, Shenzhen University, and Shanghai University of Engineering Science, have developed a new thermal probing technique based on the ratio of two resonance Raman scattering peak ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 20, 2022
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