Controlling the fate of cells
A protein found in cells has been shown to play a pivotal role in determining whether a cell lives or dies.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 13, 2009
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New and improved tomato analyzer
Tomatoes come in a variety of sizes and shapes, making them the perfect subject to test shape-analyzing software. The Tomato Analyzer is "rapidly becoming the standard for fruit morphological characterizations," according ...
Other
May 4, 2009
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Structure more effective in high school science classes, study reveals
Self-led, self-structured inquiry may be the best method to train scientists at the college level and beyond, but it's not the ideal way for all high school students to prepare for college science.
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2009
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Nanotechnology research could aid paper exports
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Victoria University, New Zealand, have discovered ground-breaking new ways to capitalise on New Zealand's increasingly valuable paper export markets using nanotechnology.
Nanomaterials
Feb 17, 2009
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Researchers develop new method of modeling market regimes using efficient frontier information
Financial markets often undergo changing regimes or states, where environments can be significantly different from one another. Various models have attempted to capture the dynamics of these regimes, but exhibit poor performance ...
Economics & Business
Nov 21, 2023
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Opinion: Climate risk is not the only environmental risk companies should disclose
On March 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules requiring publicly traded companies to disclose their climate risk. According to the SEC Press Release:
Environment
Apr 4, 2022
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Science journalists under pressure amid COVID-19
COVID-19 has thrown science and science journalism into the spotlight like never before. Now a global survey turns the lens on some of the working conditions and practices of the people trying to report on it.
Other
Oct 22, 2021
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Here's how to fight back against anti-maskers, climate deniers and anti-vaxxers, according to scientists
"If we cannot talk about sex, then we cannot talk about good sex," proclaimed gynecologist Jennifer Gunter on a trailer for Jensplaining, her show on female reproductive health. Gunter is an example of a scientist using non-traditional ...
Social Sciences
Nov 30, 2020
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The traits of Florisbad skull reinforce the mosaic hypothesis of human evolution
Emiliano Bruner, a paleoneurologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), in collaboration with Marlize Lombard, of the University of Johannesburg, has just published a study in the ...
Archaeology
Oct 30, 2020
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Modeling gas diffusion in aggregated soils
Agricultural soils contribute to 16% of total Greenhouse gas emissions, particularly nitrous oxide (N2O). Migration of gases in agricultural subsurface and emission across the soil-atmosphere interface is primarily diffusion-controlled ...
Environment
May 7, 2020
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