An algorithm can predict when narwhals hunt—a task once nearly impossible to gain insight into. Mathematicians and computer scientists at the University of Copenhagen, together with marine biologists in Greenland, have ...
Ecology
Jun 16, 2021
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Water is weird—and yet so important. In fact, it is one of the most unusual molecules on Earth. It boils at a temperature it shouldn't. It expands and floats when it is in the solid-state. Its surface tension is higher ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 4, 2021
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When it comes to creating nanotechnology, one cannot simply build it with their hands. Instead, researchers need something nano-sized that is able to self-assemble. DNA origami is a method of creating nano-sized shapes by ...
Nanophysics
May 10, 2021
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New research combines cutting-edge engineering with animal behavior to explain the origins of efficient swimming in Nature's underwater acrobats: Seals and Sea Lions.
Plants & Animals
May 6, 2021
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Most conventional molecular diagnostics usually detect only a single disease-related biomarker. Great examples are the PCR tests currently used to diagnose COVID-19 by detecting a specific sequence from SARS-CoV-2. Such so-called ...
Biotechnology
Apr 27, 2021
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Rising sea levels and more powerful cyclonic storms, phenomena driven by the warming of oceans due to climate change, puts at immediate or potential risk an estimated 680 million people living in low-lying coastal zones (a ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2021
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The lifestyle and eating habits of human groups that have lived for thousands of years can be examined by looking at teeth. An international research group analyzed prehistoric findings from the Neolithic Age. In addition ...
Archaeology
Apr 21, 2021
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How can you distinguish primary earthquakes from aftershocks when seismic activity changes rapidly? A new mathematical modeling of earthquakes now makes this possible, developed by researchers from TU/e, TNO and the universities ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 14, 2021
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Along the Tian Shan and Alay mountain ranges of Central Asia, sheep and other domestic livestock form the core economy of contemporary life. Although it was here that the movements of their ancient predecessors helped to ...
Archaeology
Apr 8, 2021
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If, as the saying goes, less is more, why do we humans overdo so much?
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2021
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