People—or more specifically just Swedes—are more like chimpanzees than previously known. This is indicated in a genetic mapping of one thousand Swedish individuals, where new DNA sequences that should be included in the ...
Evolution
Sep 24, 2019
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In 1994, Chinese university student Zhu Ling began experiencing stomach pain, hair loss and partial paralysis. By the time doctors diagnosed Ling with thallium poisoning about four months later, she was in a coma. Ling survived, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 13, 2018
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Scientists from the Faculty of Chemistry of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have performed computations and derived new equations to conduct X-ray fluorescence analysis with higher accuracy in comparison to current ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 1, 2017
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With the addition of four new reference materials (RMs) to a growing collection of "measuring sticks" for gene sequencing, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can now provide laboratories with even more ...
Biotechnology
Sep 16, 2016
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Space holds numerous fascinating objects which we can only investigate by observing their radiation – even beyond the visible range. For space telescopes such as the European Space Agency's (ESA) infrared observatory Herschel, ...
General Physics
Nov 23, 2015
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A little detective work by nuclear physicists has uncovered hidden uncertainties in a popular method for precisely measuring radioactive nuclides, often used to make reference materials for forensic analyses such as radioactive ...
General Physics
Feb 3, 2015
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As markets for miniature, hybrid machines known as MEMS grow and diversify, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has introduced a long-awaited measurement tool that will help growing numbers of device ...
Engineering
May 1, 2013
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When he looked at the dramatic increase in his laboratory's thread gauge calibration income – a 50 % increase over last year and a 1000 % increase from 14 years ago – Dennis Everett saw the writing on the wall: The petroleum ...
Engineering
Feb 11, 2013
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new standard reference material (SRM) to aid in the detection of two explosive compounds that are known to be used by terrorists. Researchers designed ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 30, 2012
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At a time of increasing concern about low vitamin D levels in the world's population and increased use of blood tests for the vitamin, scientists are reporting development of a much-needed reference material to assure that ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 25, 2012
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