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Plant science with a twist
From morning glories spiraling up fence posts to grape vines corkscrewing through arbors, twisted growth is a problem-solving…
Breakthrough in carbon-based battery materials improves safety, durability, and power
This research demonstrates a new way to make carbon-based battery materials much safer, longer lasting, and more powerful…
Rates of opioid use in pregnancy have more than doubled, study finds
New research from Oregon Health & Science University found that the rate of opioid use during pregnancy has…
Study identifies key proteins involved in skeleton’s adaptation to locomotion
New study reveals how evolution and locomotion patterns, such as bipedalism, shaped bone structures through proteins present in…
Lingnan University research links stress to age-based creativity differences
HONG KONG – Stress affects creativity differently across age groups, according to a new study led by Prof…
Anything-goes “anyons” may be at the root of surprising quantum experiments
Cambridge, Mass — In the past year, two separate experiments in two different materials captured the same confounding…
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First major database of non-native English
“English is the most used language on the Internet, with over 1 billion speakers,” says Yevgeni Berzak, a graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science, who led the new project. “Most of the people who speak English in the world or produce English text are non-native speakers.
New UW-Madison center offers ultra-speed protein analysis
Three University of Wisconsin—Madison researchers have won a prestigious, five-year grant to establish the National Center for Quantitative Biology of Complex Systems, which will develop next-generation protein measurement technologies and…
CERN welcomes Romania as its twenty-second Member State
Geneva — Romania yesterday became the twenty-second Member State of CERN, having acceded to the Organization’s founding Convention, deposited with UNESCO.
ESA commits to next stage of UK revolutionary rocket engine
A number of research and development projects followed through ESA, helping to demonstrate the feasibility of other elements, such as the novel rocket nozzles, air intake design and thrust chamber…
