The Burton lab studies tiny, plastic particles as a model for more complex systems. The particles are suspended in a vacuum chamber filled with a plasma -- ionized argon gas.
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Physicists at Emory University have shown...
Researchers have found a critical piece of the puzzle of human deafness.
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A new Tel Aviv University study solves a critical piece of the puzzle of human deafness by identifying the first group of long...
Eric Weaver (right), an assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and research team members Brianna Bullard (center) and Amy Lingel (left).
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A vaccine combining centralized ancestral genes from...
Los Angeles (stock image). Visible pollutants can react with sunlight to create invisible ozone pollution, which frequently reaches unhealthy levels in major cities like Los Angeles. New research indicates that the pollution may worsen in coming decades due to...
Volcanic eruptions could result in ozone depletion until 2070 or beyond, despite declining concentrations of human-made CFCs.
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The next major volcanic eruption could kick-start chemical reactions that would seriously damage the planet's already besieged ozone layer.
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Strong ozone depletion in the cold polar vortex above the Arctic on 2 April 2011. Many of the processes that cause ozone depletion in the polar stratosphere strongly depend on temperature. This explains why climate change also affects the...
It's a small world after all.
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It's a small world after all -- and now science has explained why.
A study conducted by the University of Leicester and KU Leuven, Belgium, examined how...
Scientists are examining DNA sequences we have inherited from Neanderthals. (stock image)
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When the ancestors of modern humans migrated out of Africa, they passed through the Middle East and Turkey before heading deeper into Asia and...
A new study demonstrating that human ethical decisions can be implemented into machines has strong implications for managing the moral dilemmas autonomous cars may face on the road.
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Can a self-driving vehicle be moral, act like...
Current trends predict more obese than underweight 5 to 19 year olds by 2022.
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The number of obese children and adolescents (aged 5 to 19 years) worldwide has risen tenfold in the past four decades, according...
This is a digital relay baton developed by Lancaster University researchers.
Credit: Dr Franco Curmi
The loneliness of the long distance runner could soon be a thing of the past as new technology allows crowds to cheer on athletes from anywhere...
