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Physics of Blobs: Surprise Link Found to Edge Turbulence in Plasma Fusion Reactors

Blobs can wreak havoc in plasma required for fusion reactions. This bubble-like turbulence swells up at the edge of fusion plasmas and drains heat from... The post Physics of Blobs: Surprise…
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2020-06-04 02:14

Unlocking Clues to the Origins of the Stars and Planets With Artificial Intelligence

An artificial intelligence (AI) system analyzing data from the Gaia space telescope has identified more than 2,000 large protostars, young stars that are still forming... The post Unlocking Clues to the…
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2020-06-04 01:00
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Scientists Have Found a Way to Shuffle Atoms to Dramatically Improve Drugs’ Effectiveness and Safety

Scientists have found a new method to strategically add deuterium to benzene, an aromatic compound commonly found in crude oil. When applied to the active... The post Scientists Have Found a…
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2020-06-03 22:49

New Understanding of Collision-Less Plasma Shock Waves, Earth’s Interaction With the Solar Wind

As the Earth orbits the sun, it plows through a stream of fast-moving particles that can interfere with satellites and global positioning systems. Now, a... The post New Understanding of Collision-Less…
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2020-06-03 21:33

“Unparalleled Discovery” of Ancient Skeletons Reveals First Use of Maize in Mesoamerica

Almost any grocery store is filled with products made from corn, also known as maize, in every aisle: fresh corn, canned corn, corn cereal, taco... The post “Unparalleled Discovery” of Ancient…
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2020-06-03 20:00

Scientists Create Synthetic Red Blood Cells That Mimic Natural Ones, Plus Have New Abilities

Scientists have tried to develop synthetic red blood cells that mimic the favorable properties of natural ones, such as flexibility, oxygen transport and long circulation... The post Scientists Create Synthetic Red…
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2020-06-03 18:22

Clean Energy Breakthrough: Scientists Improve Light-Driven Water-Splitting to Produce Hydrogen

Etching the Road to a Hydrogen Economy Using Plasma Jets Hydrogen is a clean energy source that can be produced by splitting water molecules with... The post Clean Energy Breakthrough: Scientists…
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2020-06-03 18:03

First Optical Measurements of Milky Way’s Mysterious Fermi Bubbles

Using the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper telescope, astronomers have for the first time measured the Fermi Bubbles in the visible light spectrum. The Fermi Bubbles are... The post First Optical Measurements of…
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2020-06-03 17:15

Dual-Mechanism “Poisoned Arrow” Developed to Defeat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

A dual-mechanism antibiotic kills Gram-negative bacteria and avoids drug resistance. Poison is lethal all on its own — as are arrows — but their combination... The post Dual-Mechanism “Poisoned Arrow” Developed…
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2020-06-03 17:00

Developmental Map of Inner Ear Sound Sensor in Mice Charted for Stem Cell Therapies for Hearing Loss

Data offers valuable resource for developing stem cell-based therapies for hearing loss. A team of researchers has generated a developmental map of a key sound-sensing... The post Developmental Map of Inner…
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2020-06-03 16:11

Expect the Unexpected: Solar Orbiter to Pass Through the Tails of Comet ATLAS

ESA’s Solar Orbiter will cross through the tails of Comet ATLAS during the next few days. Although the recently launched spacecraft was not due to... The post Expect the Unexpected: Solar…
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2020-06-03 15:26

One-in-a-Million “Shellebrity” Garden Snail: Global Campaign Finds Two Lefties Make a Right

A global campaign to help find a mate for a left-coiling snail called ‘Jeremy’ has enabled scientists to understand how mirror-image garden snails are formed.... The post One-in-a-Million “Shellebrity” Garden Snail:…
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2020-06-03 14:50

Easing COVID-19 Lockdowns Slowly May Be Better for Global Economy

A cautious approach to easing lockdown restrictions that reduces the risk of later lockdowns may be better for the global supply chain in the long... The post Easing COVID-19 Lockdowns Slowly…
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2020-06-03 14:34

Biomedical Scientists Create a New Tool for Developing COVID-19 Treatments & Vaccines

Biomedical scientists working with COVID-19 have an important new tool to help them better understand the virus and feel confident about the structural models they... The post Biomedical Scientists Create a…
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2020-06-03 13:59

Cleanest Air on Earth Identified by Atmospheric Scientists in First-of-Its-Kind Study

An atmospheric region in the Southern Ocean unchanged by human-related activities. Colorado State University Distinguished Professor Sonia Kreidenweis and her research group identified an atmospheric... The post Cleanest Air on Earth…
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2020-06-03 13:03

NASA SpaceX Crew Dragon Astronauts Get Used to Space Station

The International Space Station has two new NASA astronauts after the SpaceX Crew Dragon arrived on Sunday. The newly-expanded Expedition 63 crew will now be... The post NASA SpaceX Crew Dragon…
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2020-06-03 12:38

How Some Crops Replenish Their Own Fertilizer Through Bacteria in Their Roots – A Surprisingly Complex Interaction

Plants need nitrogen in the form of ammonium if they are to grow. In the case of a great many cultivated plants, farmers are obliged... The post How Some Crops Replenish…
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2020-06-03 12:00

Rivers Transport Carbon From Fires Into Oceans, Locking It In Storage for Thousands of Years

The extent to which rivers transport burned carbon to oceans — where it can be stored for tens of millennia — is revealed in new... The post Rivers Transport Carbon From…
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2020-06-03 11:00

Effective SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies Found – Major Milestone in the Fight Against COVID-19

A joint research team led by Sunney Xie, Director of Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics (ICG) at Peking University (PKU) has successfully identified multiple... The post Effective SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies…
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2020-06-03 06:55

Mathematicians Resolve Complex Geometry Question First Asked 60 Years Ago

Dr. Kerin is only the second Irish mathematician to have a published article in the Annals of Mathematics. An Irish mathematician, Dr. Martin Kerin, from... The post Mathematicians Resolve Complex Geometry…
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2020-06-03 01:22

Scientists Discover What a 2900 Pound Armored Dinosaur Ate for Its Last Meal 110 Million Years Ago

More than 110 million years ago, a lumbering 1,300-kilogram (~2900 lbs), armor-plated dinosaur ate its last meal, died, and was washed out to sea in... The post Scientists Discover What a…
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2020-06-03 01:00
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New High Precision Chip-Based Laser Gyroscope Can Measure Earth’s Rotation

Gyroscopes have been indispensable tools for navigation and measurement for many decades. Early gyroscopes were not much different than spinning tops, but the technology has... The post New High Precision Chip-Based…
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2020-06-02 23:55

Researchers Dig Into Case of Geologic Amnesia – In Search of a Billion Years Missing From the Geologic Record

A team of geologists led by CU Boulder is digging into what may be Earth’s most famous case of geologic amnesia. Researchers have spotted that phenomenon,... The post Researchers Dig Into Case…
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2020-06-02 22:40

COVID-19 Could Be a Seasonal Illness – Recurring in Periods of Lower Humidity

A study conducted in Sydney during the early epidemic stage of COVID-19 has found an association between lower humidity and an increase in locally acquired... The post COVID-19 Could Be a…
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2020-06-02 20:49

ITER Fusion Reactor Tokamak Assembly Begins – World’s Largest International Scientific Collaboration

ITER, the world’s largest international scientific collaboration, is beginning assembly of the fusion reactor tokamak that will include 12 different essential hardware systems provided by... The post ITER Fusion Reactor Tokamak…
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2020-06-02 18:49

Mini Human Livers Grown in Lab Successfully Transplanted Into Rats

Using skin cells from human volunteers, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have created fully functional mini livers, which they then transplanted... The post Mini Human Livers Grown…
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2020-06-02 17:00

Reflecting Sunlight to Cool the Planet – MIT Investigates Solar Geoengineering Proposals

Solar geoengineering proposals will weaken extratropical storm tracks in both hemispheres, scientists find. How can the world combat the continued rise in global temperatures? How... The post Reflecting Sunlight to Cool…
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2020-06-02 16:22

AI System – Using Neural Networks With Deep Learning – Beats Stock Market in Simulation

Researchers in Italy have melded the emerging science of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with deep learning — a discipline within artificial intelligence — to achieve... The post AI System – Using…
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2020-06-02 15:35

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