Primary fluid inclusions in bedded halite from the 830-million-year-old Browne Formation of central Australia contain organic solids and liquids, as documented with transmitted light and UV-vis petrography. These objects ...
Earth Sciences
May 11, 2022
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Organic semiconductors are an emerging class of materials for opto-electronic devices such as solar cells and organic light emitting diodes. As a result, it's important to tune materials properties for specific requirements ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 22, 2022
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An emerging type of material called a metal-organic framework (MOF) could help improve the delivery of genetic material for treating disease.
Biochemistry
Apr 11, 2022
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From hot volcanic springs where the water is nearly boiling acid, a University of Virginia researcher and his colleagues have discovered how lemon-shaped viruses got their form. And that discovery could lead to new and better ...
Evolution
Mar 31, 2022
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Antarctica represents one of the last frontiers for discoveries on Earth. Our focus is on what lies beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica's massive wedge of floating ice that shelters the southern-most extension of the Southern ...
Ecology
Mar 11, 2022
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Oakland University biology researchers banded with scientists across the world to understand the relationship between greenhouse gas emissions produced by ecosystems and environmental change. Their findings offer new methods ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 8, 2022
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The rapid development of fauna 540 million years ago has permanently changed the Earth—deep into its lower mantle. A team led by ETH researcher Andrea Giuliani found traces of this development in rocks from this zone.
Earth Sciences
Mar 7, 2022
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Palaeobiologists from the University of Tübingen have described a previously unknown turtle species that lived in what is now Romania some 70 million years ago. The reptile, measuring 19 cm in length, has no close relatives ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 2, 2022
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Extreme conditions—severe pressure, intense temperatures, and high levels of radiation— exist all over the earth and beyond. Scientists are using the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) ...
Soft Matter
Feb 24, 2022
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With up to 300 million scent receptors, dogs are among the best smell detectors in the animal world. The human nose, by comparison, contains only around 6 million scent receptors. Dog brains also devote 40% more brain space ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2022
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