What a hoot: The adventures of Australia's youngest scientist
At just six, Grace Fulton is possibly Australia's youngest scientist, participating in field research to help protect precious owl species.
At just six, Grace Fulton is possibly Australia's youngest scientist, participating in field research to help protect precious owl species.
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2020
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Research groups from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) that study evolution, immunity and microbiology unveiled two new mechanisms in the microbiota: in older populations, the bacterium E. coli evolves in a way that ...
Evolution
Mar 12, 2020
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In line with current international research about the interaction of matter with high energies, the University of Seville researcher Alfonso M. Gañán Calvo has studied the explosive behavior of matter subjected to the highest ...
General Physics
Dec 16, 2019
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X-ray sources in the sky radiate "bar codes" revealing their properties. These bar codes consist of narrow peaks and troughs within the source's spectrum. The RGS instrument on the satellite XMM-Newton was built to find these ...
Astronomy
May 24, 2019
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A toxicologist from Roundup weedkiller manufacturer Monsanto denied Friday that she had influenced scientific studies to hide the dangers of the product, in the damages phase of a trial in California.
Other
Mar 23, 2019
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Amidst worldwide publicity and talks about 'Insectageddon': the extinction of 40% of the world's insects, as estimated in a recent scientific review, a critical response was published in the open-access journal Rethinking ...
Ecology
Mar 19, 2019
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The marketing of research results has become a significant economic factor. Worldwide, the annual turnover of scientific articles alone amounts to 8 billion euros. Unfortunately, this environment also attracts market players ...
Other
Jul 23, 2018
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An NUS statistician has developed a metric that automatically accounts for citation variations in different disciplines for measuring the research merit of scientific articles.
Mathematics
May 10, 2018
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The world's major cities, including New York, London and Tokyo, are losing their predominant position in the production and circulation of scientific articles, according to a study carried out by the Laboratoire interdisciplinaire ...
Social Sciences
Oct 11, 2017
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Every day, millions of people take to search engines with common concerns, such as "How can I lose weight?" or "How can I be productive?" In return, they find articles that offer simple advice and quick solutions, supposedly ...
Other
Jun 2, 2016
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