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3 Online Search Tips For Students
Searching online has many educational benefits. For instance, one study found students who used advanced online search strategies also had higher grades at university....
Could Beyond Meat Stock Beef Up Your Portfolio?
As Beyond Meat stock is already up significantly in 2020, it may be time to take some money off the table.
How To Enjoy Living Alone
When I moved out of the home I had been sharing with my ex-husband just over four years ago, I was completely wrecked. I had been in a committed relationship with him since I was 19, and had moved directly from my mother’s home into his just before my 21st birthday. We lived apart during the two years I was wrapping...
The biology of “love”: Lessons from prairie voles
Sue Carter, Director of The Kinsey Institute, discusses the fascinating nature of prairie voles and how they can teach us about the biology of “love”
Scientists Identify Genes from ‘Ghost Population’ of Ancient Humans
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The false promise of “renewable natural gas”
It’s no substitute for shifting to clean electricity.
Scientists Finally Solve The Mystery Of How Millipedes Do It
Ever found yourself up late at night, tossing and turning and asking yourself, how exactly do millipedes do it? Same. Thankfully, with a little bit of help
Relief for coronavirus patients? Chinese daily claims Covid-19 can be cured with plasma from recovered patients
An expert from China said that a therapy for the novel coronavirus that involves the plasma of recovered patients has started to show effects.
Auckland restaurants struggling as coronavirus fears keep diners away
The cancellation of this weekend's Lantern Festival isn't the only knock-on effect from the novel coronavirus outbreak to reach Auckland, with the city's Chinese restaurants reporting a decline in custom. The ban on inbound travel from China combined with overly cautious local diners avoiding the
Mechanism of controlling autophagy by liquid-liquid phase separation revealed
Under JST's Strategic Basic Research Programs, Noda Nobuo (Laboratory Head) and Fujioka Yuko (Senior Researcher) of the Institute of Microbial Chemistry, in collaboration with other researchers, discovered ...
WSJ: No Sex ‘Spectrum’ Beyond Male and Female
The Wall Street Journal has issued a throwdown to the gender lobby, insisting in an op-ed that sex is binary and there is no “spectrum.”
They Wanted Research Funding, So They Entered the Lottery
A survey of New Zealand scientists found that recipients of a randomized funding program favored random allocations of some kinds of grant money.
What you need to know about that mysterious Chinese coronavirus
2019-nCoV, a never-before-seen coronavirus discovered in China is spreading. How worried should you be?
NASA Will Communicate with Mars Astronauts through Lasers
NASA's astronauts heading to Mars will be able to communicate with Earth thanks to new lasers, the huge dish is currently being built in California.
Top news of the day: Supreme Court rap forces telecom department to order telcos to clear AGR dues, memorial for slain CRPF jawans inaugurated in Pulwama, and more
The major news headlines of the day, and more.
The 'electronic Griffiths phase' in solid-state physical systems
Most theories of solid state and soft matter physics were developed independently; thus, a few physical concepts are applicable to both. Recent research, however, particularly a study by Elbio Dagotto, ...
Quantum interference observed in real time: Extreme UV-light spectroscopy technique
A team headed by Prof. Dr. Frank Stienkemeier and Dr. Lukas Bruder from the Institute of Physics at the University of Freiburg has succeeded in observing in real-time ultrafast quantum interferences—in ...
Ionotronic technology that doesn't require liquid electrolytes
A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts and Harvard University has developed a type of ionotronic technology that does not require liquid electrolytes. In their paper published in the ...
Chemical process breaks down lignin and turns birch wood into usable chemical products
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Belgium has developed a chemical process that breaks down lignin and turns birch wood into usable chemical products. In their paper published ...
NASA Former High-Ranking Spaceflight Official Moves across to SpaceX Team
One of NASA's foremost experts in spaceflight has left the agency to join SpaceX, just in time for its upcoming launches into space.
Coronavirus outbreak: DGCA extends screening to passengers arriving from Japan, South Korea
Till date, only passengers arriving from Thailand, Singapore, China and Hong Kong were being screened for possible exposure to the respiratory virus.
NASA selects four possible missions to study the secrets of the solar system
NASA has selected four Discovery Program investigations to develop concept studies for new missions. Although they're not official missions yet and some ultimately may not be chosen to move forward, the ...
Leaking away essential resources actually helps cells grow
Experts have been unable to explain why cells, from bacteria to humans, leak essential chemicals necessary for growth into their environment. New mathematical models reveal that leaking metabolites—substances ...
Blood and sweat: Wearable medical sensors will get major sensitivity boost
Biosensors integrated into smartphones, smart watches and other gadgets are about to become a reality. In a paper featured on the cover of the January issue of Sensors, researchers from the Moscow Institute ...
LogicBio: A Speculative Buy For Their GeneRide Platform Based Gene Therapies
LogicBio Therapeutics develops gene therapies to treat rare genetic diseases in pediatric patients with significant unmet medical needs.Their treatments, based on their proprietary GeneRide platform,
Three things historical literature can teach us about the climate crisis
Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ and Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’, among others, tell us about our historical view of nature.
Australian government is burning our children's future
Growing up in a small town in Tasmania, Australia, not far from the coast, every summer we would spend seemingly endless carefree days at the beach - swimming, sunbathing and eating freshly-caught fish. I was there again last year with my family, during the Christmas break, but this time rather than enjoying the beach we spent the holiday glued to the television screen, watching as small bushfires across the country rapidly grew into huge uncontrollable conflagrations, burning everything right down to the shoreline.
Take it from an activist who was there: Stop and frisk cost New Yorkers their lives
Bloomberg’s history with the racist policy is more troubling than you know.
Rocket Report: Demo-2 launch this spring, concerns about Firefly’s backer
"You've got to make sure you've done everything you need to do."
Coronavirus outbreak: Tibet’s Nyingchi discourages tourists from visiting the remote region
Tibet has activated an emergency response and warned that the outbreak of the disease could be much worse.
Develop software technology to boost agribusiness under PfJ/PERD
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Scientists develop tech to convert carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuel
Malmstadt said that in contrast, the team's discovery uses a millifluidic reactor process, a very small scale chemical reactor system, which has a minimal environmental footprint.
Mobile Web Ghana to host Africa Digital Skills Conference in July
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No, Rahul Gandhi. The Modi govt is taking the coronavirus threat VERY seriously.
When you look at the facts, the picture that emerges is of a country that may not be ideally equipped to tackle the coronavirus epidemic but is still trying sincerely -- and not of an administration that "is not taking this threat seriously".
The Power of the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Three Decades Later
The spacecraft that captured the famous, fuzzy photo grows weaker each year, but the image still soothes.
Antarctica temperatures reach 69 degrees for the first time ever, scientists say
Temperatures in Antarctica were hotter than 68 degrees Fahrenheit for the first time ever last Sunday.
Open access journals get a boost from librarians—much to Elsevier’s dismay
Move to cut fees adds pressure to funding model already under strain.
As Mating Rituals Go, Valentine’s Day Isn’t So Bad
Four reproductive tales from the animal kingdom, where sealing the deal doesn’t always turn out so great for one partner.
Indian Security Official Denies Kashmir’s Deadly Terror Attack Case Hitting Dead End
New Delhi (Sputnik): In 2019 on 14 February, a suicide bomber belonging to Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad rammed a convoy of troops on a main highway in Jammu and Kashmir, killing 40 members of India's paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
What My Epilepsy Taught Me About the Value of Time
We know more about epilepsy than ever. But I am still trying to reckon with mine.
WHO to not call novel coronavirus by official name
Organisation is unhappy as ‘SARS’ is mentioned in it and can create ‘unnecessary fear’
Here’s the One Thing Not to Do on Valentine’s Day
Avoid the example of animals that practice semelparity and don’t murder your mate
Caribbean sharks in need of large marine protected areas
Governments must provide larger spatial protections in the Greater Caribbean for threatened, highly migratory species such as sharks, is the call from a diverse group of marine scientists including Stony ...
Scholarly journals work together to disseminate knowledge in ob-gyn
Citation rates of scholarly journal articles are tracked in many medical specialties and can affect health care treatment and research. Until the publication of a recent Rutgers-led study in JAMA Network ...
Lab mice may have differences in small-intestine microbiome as compared to humans
There is a growing consensus that the gut microbiome is involved in many aspects of physical and mental health, including the onset of Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and even some behaviors.
New study describes inflammatory reaction in lab-developed human astrocytes
Astrocytes are neural cells with many important functions in the nervous system. The inflammation of these cells occurs in brain infections and neurodegenerative disorders, a process called astrogliosis.
Artificial intelligence ‘could prevent disease'
Experts have been looking at whether technology can be used to predict conditions early enough for effective treatment.
How Wollongong Uni beefed its tech to handle new 1t, 10GB/s microscopes
That's microscope, not telescope: Benchmark Awards 2020 finalist.
Microelectronics embedded in live jellyfish enhance propulsion
Researchers in robotic materials aim to artificially control animal locomotion to address the existing challenges to actuation, control and power requirements in soft robotics. In a new report in Science ...
Climate change could cut lifespan of cold-blooded species – study
Scientists say their findings suggest global warming could have a huge impact on the life expectancy of some animals.