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Environmental Conservation

Satellite Telemetry Sheds Light on Bearded Vulture Tracking

Bearded vultures (Gypaetus barbatus) are one of the necrophagous birds most under threat in this country and are classified as an 'endangered' species in Spain…

Materials Sciences

Unraveling the Mystery of Organic Semiconductors

Organic semiconductors are prized for light emitting diodes (LEDs), field effect transistors (FETs) and photovoltaic cells. As they can be printed from…

Transportation and Logistics

Bicyclists Will Ride 3 Miles for Transit: Innovations Ahead

Methods to do so could include installing bicycle lanes separated from vehicular traffic, adding off-street multipurpose paths for pedestrians and bicyclists…

Life & Chemistry

New Discovery Reveals How Cells Maintain Organization

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Earth Sciences

Isotopic Insights: Unveiling Earth’s Atmospheric History

Chemical analysis of some of the world’s oldest rocks, by an international team led by McGill University researchers, has provided the earliest record yet of…

Materials Sciences

Two-Dimensional Metamaterial Transforms Light Polarization

“We have designed and fabricated a waveplate that can transform the polarization state of light,” said Zhi Hao Jiang, a postdoctoral fellow in electrical…

Studies and Analyses

Depression, Behavior Changes May Start in Alzheimer’s Even Before Memory Changes

“While earlier studies have shown that an estimated 90 percent of people with Alzheimer’s experience behavioral or psychological symptoms such as depression,…

Physics & Astronomy

UA-Led HiRISE Camera Finds Lost Beagle 2 Mars Lander

The UK-led Beagle 2 Mars Lander, thought lost on Mars since 2003, has been found partially deployed on the surface of the planet, ending the mystery of what…

Environmental Conservation

Renewable Resources Strain: A Call for Sustainable Use

A potential implication is that as substitution becomes arduous, global society's expanding needs will be harder to fill. They explain this in an article…

Physics & Astronomy

Fortifying the Brick and Charming the Snake – Cosmic Magnetic Fields in Dark Clouds

Stars much more massive than the Sun (with 8 solar masses or more) live wild and die young. They spew out powerful stellar winds and sometimes explode…

Health & Medicine

Bone Stem Cells Regenerate Bone and Cartilage in Mice

A stem cell capable of regenerating both bone and cartilage has been identified in bone marrow of mice. The discovery by researchers at Columbia University…

Life & Chemistry

Measuring Quantum Dots: Insights into Protein Corona Effects

When quantum dots are introduced in biological media, proteins surround the nanoparticles and form a corona. The formation of the protein corona changes the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Perovskite-Silicon Solar Cells: Stanford Study Boosts Efficiency

The researchers describe their novel perovskite-silicon solar cell in this week's edition of the journal Energy & Environmental Science.

Physics & Astronomy

Galactic 'hailstorm' in the early universe

Using a combination of data gathered from powerful radio telescopes and supercomputer simulations, the teams found that a quasar spits out cold gas at speeds…

Earth Sciences

Four Planetary Boundaries Crossed: Understanding the Impact

The concept of planetary boundaries, developed by a global community of scholars with participation of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Multifunctional Robots: Enhancing Daily Life and Work

Following the success of the personal computer (PC), our private and professional lives could soon be improved by personal robots (PR). These would function as…

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