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Wearable solar thermoelectric generator created

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This is a photograph of the TE ink printed in various shapes with curves and straight lines. Credit: UNIST A recent study, led by Professor Kyoung...
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Solving the Easter Island population puzzle

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A detailed study of Easter Island's farming potential reveals the population may have reached 17,500 people in its heyday, which could help unravel the...
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Mammals diversified only after dinosaur extinction left space

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Dr Matthew Phillips. Credit: Image courtesy of Queensland University of Technology QUT evolutionary biologist Dr Matthew Phillips used molecular dating from DNA sequences to challenge the...
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Bacteria supply their allies with munitions

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Vibrio cholerae bacteria (green) recycle T6SS proteins of the attacking sister cells (red) to build their own spear gun (light green intracellular structure). Credit: University...
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Ancient DNA data fills in thousands of years of human prehistory in Africa

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This is a photograph of Mount Hora, which yielded two of the samples - including the oldest one at about 8100 years ago. Credit: Jessica...
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Unique gene therapy prevents, reverses multiple sclerosis in animal model

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Multiple sclerosis affects about 2.3 million people worldwide and is the most common neurological disease in young adults. Credit: © klublu / Fotolia Multiple sclerosis can...
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Widespread land losses from 2010 Gulf oil spill, study finds

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2010 photo of a shoreline in Bay Jimmy, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, impacted by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Oil weakens and kills vegetation,...
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After 15 years in a vegetative state, nerve stimulation restores consciousness

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-Fluorodeoxyglucose FDG-PET images acquired during baseline (on the left, pre-VNS) and 3 months post vagus nerve stimulation (on the right, post-VNS). After vagus nerve...
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Solar eclipse science along the path of totality

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On Aug. 21, a solar eclipse was visible across the US, a rare occurrence. Credit: NSO/AURA/NSF In a briefing on solar eclipse science, leading U.S. scientists...
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Home Shapes And Roofs That Hold Up Best In Hurricanes

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Robert and Sandra Harris' elevated house was the only one left standing on Wiggins Street after Hurricane Katrina hit. They had mitigated their home...
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Lava tubes: Hidden sites for future human habitats on the Moon and Mars

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ESA Astronauts training in terrestrial lava tubes in Lanzarote during the PANGEA 2016 course. Credit: ESA/L. Ricci Lava tubes, underground caves created by volcanic activity, could...