UConn researchers have sequenced the RNA of the most complicated gene known in nature, using a hand-held sequencer no bigger than a cell phone.
Biotechnology
Oct 9, 2015
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The shortest electron bunches ever produced have emerged in research by scientists at the University of Strathclyde.
General Physics
Oct 9, 2015
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NASA's Aqua satellite and NOAA's GOES-West satellite saw the remnants of former Hurricane Oho moving toward British Columbia, Canada and western Washington State. Oho was a hurricane in the Central Pacific Ocean that weakened, ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2015
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In their drive to set exploration goals for the future, NASA's Discovery Program put out the call for proposals for their thirteenth Discovery mission in February 2014. After reviewing the 27 initial proposals, a panel of ...
Space Exploration
Oct 9, 2015
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The ability to arrange different types of fibres with predetermined spatial organisation gives us the colour, vibrancy and comfort we encounter in traditional textiles.
Engineering
Oct 9, 2015
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The movers and shakers of the world economy are trying to close in on the magic number of $100 billion a year to fight climate change as they meet this week in Peru.
Environment
Oct 9, 2015
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When tourists think of Japan, images of dramatic landscapes, futuristic cities and world class sushi might spring to mind.
Ecology
Oct 9, 2015
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The humble neutrino particle won its fourth Nobel Prize in physics this year (also in 2002, 1995 and 1988). Despite being millions of times smaller than other subatomic particles, it is of major importance in physics and ...
General Physics
Oct 9, 2015
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Inside cells, communication between the nucleus, which harbours our precious genetic material, and the cytoplasm is mediated by the constant exchange of thousands of signalling molecules and proteins. Until now, it was unknown ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 9, 2015
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According to recent estimates, the Earth's solid inner core started forming between half a billion and one billion years ago. However, our new measurements of ancient rocks as they cool from magma have indicated that it may ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2015
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