Ocean ecosystems take two million years to recover after mass extinction
Around 66m years ago, a giant asteroid struck the Earth, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs, ammonites, and many other species.
Around 66m years ago, a giant asteroid struck the Earth, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs, ammonites, and many other species.
Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2019
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Like a janitor thumbing through a keychain to find just the right key to open a lock, the "rock-and-roll" motion of the canine parvovirus during the binding process may help explain how the virus can find the spot on a receptor ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 24, 2019
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Researchers for the first time have combined a powerful microscopy technique with automated image analysis algorithms to distinguish between healthy and metastatic cancerous tissue without relying on invasive biopsies or ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 06, 2019
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Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and China University of Petroleum (Beijing) have demonstrated that CO2 may make a better hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluid than water. Their research, published May 30 in ...
Materials Science
May 30, 2019
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When exposed to intense laser pulses, the magnetization of a material can be manipulated very fast. Fundamentally, magnetization is connected to the angular momentum of the electrons in the material. A team of researchers ...
General Physics
May 03, 2019
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Down to the microscopic level, nanoparticles show promising properties. A team of experts in Italy has spent years tailoring tiny inorganic materials and analysing their behaviour. Some have magnetic properties, others are ...
Bio & Medicine
May 01, 2019
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Russian physicist Viktor Lakhno from Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, RAS considers symmetrical bipolarons as a basis of high-temperature superconductivity. The theory explains recent experiments in which a superconductivity ...
Superconductivity
Apr 09, 2019
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A new tool may allow researchers to see more of the physiological state of living organisms at the cellular level, according to a study by the University of Notre Dame.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 04, 2019
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Light-emitting plastics are used today in television and smartphone displays, light-emitting indicators and as illumination for cars and aircraft with special demands. The knowledge about how light is created and affected ...
Materials Science
Feb 13, 2019
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A technique that enables researchers to watch the motion of individual molecules within a polymer has been developed by KAUST: it challenges current thinking about polymer physics and could lead to new materials that can ...
Polymers
Jan 22, 2019
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