Sand dunes are not an obvious place to find high-quality fire records. For a start, anyone who walks on the forested sand dunes of South-East Queensland will be impressed by the intensity of ant activity at their feet. The ...
Environment
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Perennial grasses are economically and biologically important in the Southwest U.S. region, but the abundance of these plants can change dramatically over time. There is concern that declines in grasses are becoming more ...
Plants & Animals
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The Arecibo Telescope was an amazing tool for astronomers. Built in the early 1960s, it had a 1,000-foot-wide dish and was capable of both receiving and transmitting radio signals. It did radar mapping of near-Earth asteroids, ...
Astronomy
May 22, 2023
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Oscillatory dynamics in fundamental biological processes, such as circadian clocks, segmentation and transcription factor responses, requires precise quantitative control for proper cell regulation and fate decisions.
Cell & Microbiology
May 19, 2023
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Tropical cyclones (TCs) are responsible for significant damage to property and human life. The size and intensity of these storms are critical factors in determining the level of destruction they can cause. However, the relationship ...
Earth Sciences
May 15, 2023
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Coded aperture imaging (CAI) is another incoherent imaging technique developed in the 20th century to achieve lensless 2D imaging with nonvisible wavelengths. In CAI, the light from an object is modulated by a coded mask ...
Optics & Photonics
May 11, 2023
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Physicists have discovered "stacked pancakes of liquid magnetism" that may account for the strange electronic behavior of some layered helical magnets.
Condensed Matter
May 10, 2023
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By superimposing two laser fields of different strengths and frequency, the electron emission of metals can be measured and controlled precisely to a few attoseconds. Physicists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 26, 2023
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It is one of the most exciting races in modern physics: How can we produce the best superconductors that remain superconducting even at the highest possible temperatures and ambient pressure? In recent years, a new era of ...
Superconductivity
Apr 24, 2023
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Every material possesses a unique natural vibration frequency such that when an external periodic force is applied to this material close to this frequency, the vibrations are greatly amplified. In the parlance of physics, ...
Condensed Matter
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