New report examines gun violence 'hot spots' in Houston area
A new report by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy sheds light on the reality of gun violence in the Houston area.
A new report by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy sheds light on the reality of gun violence in the Houston area.
Social Sciences
Jun 6, 2023
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Human activity has degraded ecosystems and damaged biodiversity around the world, but ecosystem restoration offers hope for the future. Scientists studying the restoration of underwater seaweed forests which provide other ...
Ecology
Jun 2, 2023
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University of Washington researchers have discovered they can detect atomic "breathing," or the mechanical vibration between two layers of atoms, by observing the type of light those atoms emitted when stimulated by a laser. ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 1, 2023
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New research finds that a warming climate could flip globally abundant microbial communities from carbon sinks to carbon emitters, potentially triggering climate change tipping points. The findings are published in Functional ...
Ecology
Jun 1, 2023
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Ever since the discovery of the two-dimensional form of graphite (called graphene) almost twenty years ago, interest in 2D materials and their special physical properties has skyrocketed. Famously, graphene was produced by ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 1, 2023
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Common, or weedy, seadragons (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) are iconic fish in their native waters of the Great Southern Reef, the southern coastline of Australia.
Ecology
Jun 1, 2023
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Take a deep breath. Now take nine more. According to new research, the amount of oxygen in one of those 10 breaths was made possible thanks to a newly identified cellular mechanism that promotes photosynthesis in marine phytoplankton.
Evolution
May 31, 2023
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Rare earth elements, like neodymium and dysprosium, are a critical component to almost all modern technologies, from smartphones to hard drives, but they are notoriously hard to separate from the Earth's crust and from one ...
Materials Science
May 31, 2023
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A research group led by Prof. Shao Zhen from the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health (SINH) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the collaborators charted a high-resolution roadmap for the process of pancreatic ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 31, 2023
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A team of researchers, led by Lancaster University, has been developing accessible and creative means of communicating sustainability research from the social sciences for policymakers and the wider public.
Social Sciences
May 31, 2023
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