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Life & Chemistry

Sea turtles’ first days of life: A sprint and a ride towards safety

With new nano-sized acoustic transmitters, scientists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, the Turtle Foundation and Queen Mary University of…

Physics & Astronomy

New Experiment Unlocks Macroscopic High-Mass Superpositions

Standard quantum theory places no limit on particle size and current experiments use larger and larger particles, which exhibit wave-like behaviour. However,…

Life & Chemistry

Birds Roosting in Groups May Reduce West Nile Virus Risk

“Our study is the first field-based evidence to support what's called the 'encounter-dilution effect' acting in a vector-borne disease system with an…

Earth Sciences

NASA's Terra Satellite Shows a More Organized Tropical Storm Ana

Ana appeared more rounded on imagery from NASA's Terra satellite as thunderstorms again circled the low-level center.

Earth Sciences

Desert Streams: How Flash Floods Shape Dryland Landscapes

Volatile rainstorms drive complex landscape changes in deserts, particularly in dryland channels, which are shaped by flash flooding. Paradoxically, such…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Weight Loss Regulation from UT Southwestern

The fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) hormone has been a key target for developing weight-loss drugs because the protein increases energy expenditure,…

Life & Chemistry

Synthetic Biology Breakthroughs on Ordinary Paper

New achievements in synthetic biology announced today by researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, which will allow complex…

Studies and Analyses

Screening Questions Miss Hearing Loss Risk in Teens

The American Academy of Pediatrics, in partnership with the Bright Futures children's health organization, sets standards for pediatric preventive care. The…

Earth Sciences

NASA HS3 Mission Global Hawk's Bullseye in Hurricane Edouard

Scientists saw how upper-level wind shear was affecting Edouard on the HS3's Global Hawk flight of the 2014 campaign over Sept. 11 and 12, and saw the…

Life & Chemistry

Phytoplankton’s Role in Carbon Fixation Explained

By some estimates, almost half of the world’s organic carbon is fixed by marine organisms called phytoplankton – single-celled photosynthetic organisms that…

Earth Sciences

Unearthing History: 363 CE Earthquake Evidence Discovered

Silent evidence of a large earthquake in 363 CE — the skeleton of a woman with a dove-shaped pendant was discovered under the tiles of a collapsed roof by…

Life & Chemistry

New Organism Emerges From Fusion of Two Single Cells

The development of a new organism from the joining of two single cells is a carefully orchestrated endeavor. But even before sperm meets egg, an equally…

Life & Chemistry

Chamber of secrets – How cells organise themselves influences their ability to communicate

The study, published today in Nature, is the first demonstration that the way cells organise themselves influences their ability to communicate….

Power and Electrical Engineering

Global Hydropower Boom: New Database for Sustainable Energy

A new database has been developed to support decision making on sustainable modes of electricity production. It is presented today at the international…

Studies and Analyses

High-Volume Hospitals Reduce Death Risk in Brain Hemorrhage Cases

For patients with a severe type of stroke called subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), treatment at a hospital that treats a high volume of SAH cases is associated…

Technology Offerings

Biodegradable Diblock Copolyesters: Stable Aqueous Suspensions

The present innovation provides stable aqueous suspensions of water-insoluble, but biodegradable diblock copolyesters which can be further processed in multiple ways, for instance via electrospinning.

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