For more than 10 years, Guoliang Huang, the Huber and Helen Croft Chair in Engineering at the University of Missouri, has been investigating the unconventional properties of "metamaterials"—an artificial material that exhibits ...
General Physics
May 18, 2023
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Dark matter, matter in the universe that does not emit, absorb or reflect light, cannot be directly detected using conventional telescopes or other imaging technologies. Astrophysicists have thus been trying to identify alternative ...
Scales, spines, feathers and hair are examples of vertebrate skin appendages, which constitute a remarkably diverse group of micro-organs. Despite their natural multitude of forms, these appendages share early developmental ...
Evolution
May 17, 2023
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A group of researchers at Leipzig University has developed a new method for synthesizing cis-tetrahydrocannabinol (cis-THC)—a natural substance found in the cannabis plant that produces the characteristic psychoactive effect ...
Biochemistry
May 17, 2023
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New Zealand research could help track the path of searingly hot rock and gas flows that are the world's most deadly volcanic hazard.
Earth Sciences
May 16, 2023
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The body's cells are constantly receiving and reacting to signals from their environment. A lot is known about how a cell senses and responds to chemical signals, or biomolecules, such as COVID-19. But little is known about ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 12, 2023
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Researchers at Sana Biotechnology, Inc., in California, have made a significant breakthrough in realizing the promise of stem cell therapy: stem cells that do not trigger an immune response from an immunologically incompatible ...
A new U of T Scarborough study finds that climate change is causing a commercially significant marine crab to lose its sense of smell, which could partially explain why their populations are thinning.
Plants & Animals
May 9, 2023
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Aliens on nearby stars could detect Earth through radio signals leaked from the planet, new research suggests.
Astronomy
May 2, 2023
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Scientists have known that when a mouse embryo is developing, the cells that will become its spine and muscles switch specific genes on and off repeatedly, in a synchronous fashion. However, there are deep mysteries about ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 2, 2023
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