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Scientists mix the unmixable to create ‘shocking’ nanoparticles

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Making a giant leap in the 'tiny' field of nanoscience, a multi-institutional team of researchers is the first to create nanoscale particles composed of...

Archaeologist discovers Cornish barrow site

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An Archaeologist at The Australian National University (ANU) has discovered a prehistoric Bronze-Age barrow, or burial mound, on a hill in Cornwall and is...

Scientists develop sugar-coated nanosheets to selectively target pathogens

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Researchers have developed a process for creating ultrathin, self-assembling sheets of synthetic materials that can function like designer flypaper in selectively binding with viruses,...

Study reveals startling new evidence of effects of climate change in...

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New research led by U of T Mississauga geographer Igor Lehnherr provides startling evidence that remote areas in Canada's Arctic region—once thought to be...

Strings of electron-carrying proteins may hold the secret to ‘electric bacteria’

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Could a unique bacterium be nature's microscopic power plant? Scientist Moh El-Naggar and his team think it's possible. They work with the Shewanella oneidensis species...

Newfound ‘organ’ had been missed by standard method for visualizing anatomy

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Researchers have identified a previously unknown feature of human anatomy with implications for the function of all organs, most tissues and the mechanisms of...

A paperlike LCD — thin, flexible, tough and cheap

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Optoelectronic engineers in China and Hong Kong have manufactured a special type of liquid crystal display (LCD) that is paper-thin, flexible, light and tough....

West Greenland Ice Sheet melting at the fastest rate in centuries

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The West Greenland Ice Sheet melted at a dramatically higher rate over the last twenty years than at any other time in the modern...

Photosynthesis uses vibrations as ‘traffic signals’

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Researchers have discovered a new role for protein vibrations in controlling the transformation of sunshine into useful energy. The study illuminates a mechanism that...

Latest nanowire experiment boosts confidence in Majorana sighting

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In the latest experiment of its kind, researchers have captured the most compelling evidence to date that unusual particles lurk inside a special kind...

Decade of fossil collecting gives new perspective on Triassic period, emergence...

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After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life outside of the ocean began to take hold. The...