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Newswise — After the ancestors of modern humans split from those of Neanderthals and Denisovans, their Asian relatives, about one hundred amino acids, the building blocks of proteins in cells and tis… [+3426 chars]
New Zealand may seem to be under meteor bombardment at the moment. After a huge meteor exploded above the sea near Wellington on July 7, creating a sonic boom that could be heard across the bottom of… [+4578 chars]
Nanowire arrays combined with biological cells can serve as drug delivery systems as well as robust tools for advanced applications like stimulation and sensing. In an article published in the journa… [+6593 chars]
Japanese ophthalmic lens company Tokai Optical has supplied a light concentrator to support space exploration at University of Tokyos Institute for Cosmic Ray Research. Installed in the institutes f… [+1917 chars]
<li>Karl D, Michaels A, Bergman B, Capone D, Carpenter E, Letelier R, et al. Dinitrogen fixation in the worlds oceans. In: Boyer EW, Howarth RW, editors. The nitrogen cycle at regional to global scal… [+16818 chars]
The layer-dependent electronic structures of two-dimensional (2D) materials suggest that the physical properties of 2D or three-dimensional (3D) heterostructures can be modulated by controlling the n… [+6334 chars]
A collaboration led by scientists at Nagoya University in Japan has investigated the nature of dark matter surrounding galaxies seen as they were 12 billion years ago, billions of years further back … [+7723 chars]
A special bonding state between atoms has been created in the laboratory for the first time: With a laser beam, atoms can be polarized so that they are positively charged on one side and negatively c… [+4226 chars]
Genetic mutations which cause a debilitating hereditary kidney disease affecting children and young adults have been fixed in patient-derived kidney cells using a potentially game-changing DNA repair… [+5968 chars]
The GOES-17 satellite captured images of an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Jan. 15, 2022. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory image… [+5844 chars]
Three researchers from James Cook University have found metamorphic diamonds in rocks close to Australia’s northeast coast, working with a colleague from the University of Adelaide. In their study, w… [+1527 chars]