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Echolocation: Blind People Have the Potential to Use Their 'Inner Bat' to Locate Objects, Study Finds
New research shows that blind and visually impaired people have the potential to use echolocation, similar to that used by bats and dolphins, to determine the location of an object. The ...full story -
Fossil Brain Teaser: New Study Reveals Patterns of Dinosaur Brain Development
A new study sheds light on how the brain and inner ear developed in dinosaurs. Using high-resolution CT scanning and 3D computer imaging, it was possible to reconstruct and visualise the ...full story -
Actor Johnny Depp Immortalized in Name of Fossilized Creature With 'Scissor Hand' Claws
A scientist has discovered an ancient extinct creature with 'scissor hand-like' claws in fossil records and has named it in honor of his favourite movie star. The 505-million-year-old ...full story -
South Africa's New Radio Telescope Reveals Giant Outbursts from Binary Star System
An international team of astronomers have reported the first scientific results from the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT-7) in South ...full story -
Agriculture in China Predates Domesticated Rice: Discovery of Ancient Diet Shatters Conventional Ideas of How Agriculture Emerged
Archaeologists have made a discovery in southern subtropical China which could revolutionize thinking about how ancient humans lived in the region. They have uncovered evidence for the ...full story -
World's Smallest Liquid Droplets Ever Made in the Lab, Experiment Suggests
Physicists may have created the smallest drops of liquid ever made in the lab. That possibility has been raised by the results of a recent experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, the ...full story -
Bach to the Blues, Our Emotions Match Music to Colors
Whether we're listening to Bach or the blues, our brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the melodies make us feel, according to new research. For instance, ...full story -
Artificial Forest for Solar Water-Splitting: First Fully Integrated Artificial Photosynthesis Nanosystem
Researchers have created the first fully integrated artificial photosynthesis nanosystem. While "artificial leaf" is the popular term for such a system, the key to this success was an ...full story -
World's Melting Glaciers Making Large Contribution to Sea Rise
While 99 percent of Earth's land ice is locked up in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the remaining ice in the world's glaciers contributed just as much to sea rise as the two ice ...full story -
Beautiful 'Flowers' Self-Assemble in a Beaker
With the hand of nature trained on a beaker of chemical fluid, the most delicate flower structures have been formed in a laboratory -- and not at the scale of inches, but microns. These ...full story
- Blind People Have Potential to Use Echolocation
- Fossil Brain Teaser: Dinosaur Brain Development
- Johnny Depp Immortalized: 'Scissor Hand' Fossil
- Giant Outbursts from Binary Star System
- Agriculture in China Predates Domesticated Rice
- World's Smallest Liquid Droplets Made In Lab
- Our Emotions Match Music to Colors
- Artificial Forest for Solar Water-Splitting
- Melting Glaciers: Large Contribution to Sea Rise
- Beautiful 'Flowers' Self-Assemble in a Beaker
Link Between Childhood ADHD and Obesity Revealed in First Long-Term Study
A new study found men diagnosed as
children with
attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) were twice as
likely to be obese in a 33-year
follow-up study compared to men
who were not diagnosed with the
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Bacteria Use Hydrogen, Carbon Dioxide to Produce Electricity
Researchers have engineered a
strain of electricity-producing
bacteria that can grow using
hydrogen gas as its sole electron
donor and carbon dioxide as its
sole source of carbon. ... > full story
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Immune Protein Could Stop Diabetes in Its Tracks, Discovery Suggests
Researchers have identified an
immune protein that has the
potential to stop or reverse the
development of type 1 diabetes in
its early stages, before
insulin-producing cells have been
destroyed. The discovery has wider
... > full story
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Earth's Iron Core Is Surprisingly Weak
Researchers have used a diamond
anvil cell to squeeze iron at
pressures as high as 3 million
times that felt at sea level to
recreate conditions at the center
of Earth. The findings could
refine theories of how the planet
and its core evolved. ... > full story
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Lovelorn Frogs Bag Closest Crooner
What lures a lady frog to her
lover? Good looks, the sound of
his voice, the size of his pad or
none of the above? After weighing
up their options, female
strawberry poison frogs (Oophaga
pumilio) bag the closest crooner
they can. This seemingly
... > full story
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Paleontology: The Eloquence of Otoliths Seen in a 23-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil
Fish fossils that are about 23
million years old give
unprecedented insight into the
evolutionary history of the
gobioid order, one of the most
species-rich groups among the
... > full story
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Work-Related Stress Linked to Increased Blood Fat Levels, Cardiovascular Health Risks
New results link job stress to
dyslipidemia, a disorder that
alters the levels of lipids and
lipoproteins in the blood. An
altered lipid profile is dangerous
for the heart. ... > full story
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Crickets' Calling Song Hits the High Notes
Research has detailed how acoustic
communication has evolved within a
unique species of cricket which
exploits extremely high frequency
harmonics to interact. ... > full story
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Vicious Cycle: Obesity Sustained by Changes in Brain Biochemistry
Scientists have shown that in the
brain cells of rats, obesity
impedes the production of a
hormone that curbs appetite and
inspires calorie burning. The root
cause appears to be a breakdown in
the protein-processing mechanism
... > full story
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Spiders: Capturing Prey in Silken Netting and Sticky Hairs
The great ecological success of
spiders is often substantiated by
the evolution of silk and webs.
Biologists have now found an
alternative adaptation to hunting
prey: hairy adhesive pads, so
called scopulae. ... > full story
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X-Ray Tomography of Living Frog Embryo
Classical X-ray radiographs
provide information about
internal, absorptive structures of
organisms such as bones.
Alternatively, X-rays can also
image soft tissues throughout
early embryonic development of
vertebrates. Related to this, a
... > full story
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Stacking 2-D Materials Produces Surprising Results
New experiments reveal previously
unseen effects, could lead to new
kinds of electronics and optical
devices. ... > full story
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- Childhood ADHD Linked to Obesity, Study Finds
- Bacteria use hydrogen, CO2 to make electricity
- Immune Protein Has Potential to Stop Diabetes
- Earth's Iron Core Is Surprisingly Weak
- Lovelorn Frogs Bag Closest Crooner
- Paleontology: 23-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil
- Stress at Work Increases Cardiovascular Risks
- Crickets' Calling Song Hits the High Notes
- Obesity Sustained by Changes in Brain Biochemistry
- Spiders: Silken Netting and Sticky Hairs
- X-Ray Tomography of Living Frog Embryo
- Stacking 2-D Materials: Surprising Results
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Top Medical News
Discovery of a Novel Medicine for the Treatment of Chronic Wounds
Every 20 seconds, a limb is lost as a consequence of diabetic foot ulcer that does not heal. To date, medical solutions that can change this situation are very limited. A researchers has now presented a novel medicine for chronic wound treatment ... > full story
Top Technology News
Competition in the Quantum World
Physicists have gained a deep insight into the nature of quantum mechanical phase transitions. Scientists have simulated the competition between two rival dynamical processes at a novel type of transition between two quantum mechanical ... > full story
- Bionimbus Protected Data Cloud to Enable Researchers to Analyze Cancer Data
- Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay Clues in Rock
- Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record
- Electric and Magnetic Characteristics of a Material Which Could Be Used in Spintronics: Promising Doped Zirconia
- more top technology stories
Top Environment News
Engineered Microbes Grow in the Dark
Scientists have engineered a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria to grow without the need for ... > full story
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Attacking MRSA With Metals from Antibacterial Clays
May 18, 2013 — Medical researchers have come up with a new approach for developing effective, topical antibacterial agents -- one that draws on a naturally occurring substance recognized since antiquity for its medicinal properties: ... > full story -
Now We Know Why Old Scizophrenia Medicine Works on Antibiotics-Resistant Bacteria
May 18, 2013 — An old medicine for schizophrenia is effective at treating something completely different than it was designed for: antibiotic-resistant bacteria. So far it has been a mystery how this old schizophrenia medicine works, but now researchers have ... > full story -
Youth Who Have Their First Drink During Puberty Have Higher Levels of Later Drinking
May 18, 2013 — The earlier the age at which youth take their first alcoholic drink, the greater the risk of later alcohol ... > full story -
College Women Exceed NIAAA Drinking Guidelines More Frequently Than College Men
May 18, 2013 — In 1990, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism issued guidelines that define low-risk drinking, which differ for men and women. New research shows that female college student drinkers exceed NIAAA guidelines for weekly drinking more ... > full story -
Individuals Who Drink Heavily and Smoke May Show 'Early Aging' of the Brain
May 18, 2013 — Alcohol treatment interventions work best when patients understand and are actively involved in the process. A first-of-its-kind study looks at the interactive effects of smoking status and age on neurocognition in one-month-abstinent alcohol ... > full story
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For Combat Veterans Suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 'Fear Circuitry' in the Brain Never Rests
May 18, 2013 — Chronic trauma can inflict lasting damage to brain regions associated with fear and anxiety. Previous imaging studies of people with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, have shown that these brain regions can over-or under-react in response to ... > full story -
Ketamine Shows Significant Therapeutic Benefit in People With Treatment-Resistant Depression
May 18, 2013 — Drug associated with rapid antidepressant effect in largest clinical trial ... > full story -
Women's Reproductive Ability May Be Related to Immune System Status
May 17, 2013 — Anthropologists have showed that a woman's reproductive function may be tied to her immune system's ... > full story -
New Approach to Improving Treatment for MS and Other Conditions
May 17, 2013 — Working with lab mice models of multiple sclerosis (MS), scientists have detected a novel molecular target for the design of drugs that could be safer and more effective than current FDA-approved medications against ... > full story -
Extreme Survival; Evolutionary Biology; Endangered Animals; Genetics; Biology; Biochemistry Research;
Genome Sequence of Tibetan Antelope Sheds New Light on High-Altitude Adaptation
May 17, 2013 — How can the Tibetan antelope live at elevations of 4,000-5,000m on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau? Investigators now provide evidence of genetic factors that may be associated with the species' adaption to harsh highland ... > full story
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Malaria; Infectious Diseases; Diseases and Conditions; Workplace Health; Allergy; Today's Healthcare;
New Malaria Test Kit Gives a Boost to Elimination Efforts Worldwide
May 17, 2013 — A new, highly sensitive blood test that quickly detects even the lowest levels of malaria parasites in the body could make a dramatic difference in efforts to tackle the ... > full story -
New Era of Fisheries Policy Needed to Secure Nutrition for Millions
May 17, 2013 — A new study argues that for fisheries policies to be effective they must take in to account not just fish stock conservation and environmental issues, but also research data on the patterns and dynamics of fish trade, markets and user ... > full story -
Body Mass Index of Low Income African-Americans Linked to Proximity of Fast Food Restaurants
May 16, 2013 — African-American adults living closer to a fast food restaurant had a higher body mass index than those who lived further away from fast food, according to researchers, and this association was particularly strong among those with a lower ... > full story -
Heart Disease; Stroke Prevention; Pharmacology; Hypertension; Immune System; Diseases and Conditions;
Target to Prevent Hardening of Arteries Identified
May 16, 2013 — The gene Dkk1 encodes a protein that plays a key role in increasing the population of connective-tissue cells during wound repair, but prolonged Dkk1 signaling in cells lining blood vessels can lead to fibrosis and a stiffening of artery ... > full story -
Depression Linked to Almost Doubled Stroke Risk in Middle-Aged Women
May 16, 2013 — Depression among women 47-52 years old is associated with an almost doubled risk of stroke. Researchers call for greater awareness of depression as a preventable risk factor for stroke among younger middle-aged ... > full story
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Today's Healthcare; Health Policy; Public Health; Wounds and Healing; Elder Care; Diseases and Conditions;
Massachusetts' Health Care Reform Didn't Raise Hospital Use, Costs
May 16, 2013 — Health care reform in Massachusetts didn't result in substantially more hospitalizations, longer stays or higher costs. There were no significant differences in post-reform hospital use in Massachusetts versus to three other states without reform. ... > full story -
Through the Eyes of a Burglar: Study Provides Insights on Habits and Motivations, Importance of Security
May 16, 2013 — One way to understand what motivates and deters burglars is to ask them. A researcher did just that. He led a research team that gathered survey responses from more than 400 convicted offenders that resulted in an unprecedented look into the minds ... > full story -
Endothelium, Heal Thyself
May 16, 2013 — Investigators publish new findings showing that the endothelium's efficient barrier function relies on an enormous self-restorative ... > full story -
High-Testosterone Competitors More Likely to Choose Red
May 16, 2013 — Why do so many sports players and athletes choose to wear the color red when they compete? A new study suggests that it may have to do with their testosterone ... > full story -
Students' Diet and Physical Activity Improve With Parent Communications
May 16, 2013 — College students eat more fruits and vegetables and exercise more on days when they communicate more with their parents, according to ... > full story
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Reading the Unreadable: 'Unopenable' Scrolls Will Yield Their Secrets to New X-Ray System
May 16, 2013 — Pioneering X-ray technology is making it possible to read fragile rolled-up historical documents for the first time in centuries. Old parchment is often extremely dry and liable to crack and crumble if any attempt is made to physically unroll or ... > full story -
Study Brings Greater Understanding of Tumor Growth Mechanism
May 16, 2013 — A new study has for the first time revealed how the loss of a particular tumor suppressing protein leads to the abnormal growth of tumors of the brain and nervous ... > full story -
New Record in Wireless Data Transmission
May 16, 2013 — Researchers have achieved the wireless transmission of 40 Gbit/s at 240 GHz over a distance of one kilometer. Researchers say that their most recent demonstration sets a new world record and ties in seamlessly with the capacity of optical fiber ... > full story -
Herpes Infections: Natural Killer Cells Activate Hematopoiesis
May 16, 2013 — Infections can trigger hematopoiesis at sites outside the bone marrow – in the liver, the spleen or the skin. Researchers now show that a specific type of immune cell facilitates such “extra medullary” formation of blood ... > full story -
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Associated With Type 2 Diabetes
May 16, 2013 — The presence of posttraumatic stress disorder is significantly associated with the development of type 2 ... > full story
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Climate Change May Have Little Impact on Tropical Lizards: Study Contradicts Predictions of Widespread Extinction
May 17, 2013 — Climate change may have little impact on many species of tropical lizards, contradicting a host of recent studies that predict their widespread extinction in a rapidly warming ... > full story -
GPS Solution Provides Three-Minute Tsunami Alerts
May 17, 2013 — Researchers have shown that, by using global positioning systems (GPS) to measure ground deformation caused by a large underwater earthquake, they can provide accurate warning of the resulting tsunami in just a few minutes after the earthquake ... > full story -
New Study Recommends Using Active Videogaming ('exergaming') to Improve Children's Health
May 17, 2013 — Levels of physical inactivity and obesity are very high in children, with fewer than 50 percent of primary school-aged boys and fewer than 28 percent of girls meeting the minimum levels of physical activity required to maintain health. Exergaming, ... > full story -
Skydiving Is Never 'Plane Sailing'
May 17, 2013 — Skydivers show the same level of physical stress before every jump whether a first-timer or experienced jumper, say ... > full story -
Diabetes; Hypertension; Heart Disease; Diseases and Conditions; Personalized Medicine; Chronic Illness;
Newer Diabetes Medications May Have Additional Cardiovascular Benefits
May 17, 2013 — A newer class of medications used to control blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetics may also improve cardiovascular ... > full story
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Expert Questions US Public Health Agency Advice on Influenza Vaccines
May 16, 2013 — The United States government public health agency, the CDC, pledges "To base all public health decisions on the highest quality scientific data, openly and objectively derived." But experts argue that in the case of influenza vaccinations and their ... > full story -
Global Health Policy Fails to Address Burden of Disease on Men
May 16, 2013 — Men experience a higher burden of disease and lower life expectancy than women, but policies focusing on the health needs of men are notably absent from the strategies of global health organizations, according to ... > full story -
Physicist's Tool Has Potential for Brain Mapping
May 16, 2013 — Physicists are developing a new tool that uses low-energy near-infrared light and fiber optics for optogenetic stimulation of cells. He believes it will be a useful tool for mapping physical and functional connections in the ... > full story -
Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia Is Connected to Reduced IQ
May 16, 2013 — The relationship between the heritable risk for schizophrenia and low intelligence (IQ) has not been clear. Schizophrenia is commonly associated with cognitive impairments that may cause functional disability. Researchers have now found that ... > full story -
Pregnancy and Childbirth; Fertility; Birth Defects; Medical Imaging; Women's Health; Diseases and Conditions;
Breakthrough for IVF? Selecting the Most Promising Embryos
May 16, 2013 — A recent study on 5-day old human blastocysts shows that those with an abnormal chromosomal composition can be identified by the rate at which they have developed to blastocysts, thereby classifying the risk of genetic abnormality without a ... > full story
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How Should Geophysics Contribute to Disaster Planning?
May 16, 2013 — Earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters often showcase the worst in human suffering – especially when those disasters strike populations who live in rapidly growing communities in the developing world with poorly enforced or ... > full story -
Transportation Issues; Transportation Science; Energy Policy; Educational Policy; Public Health; Civil Engineering;
Change in Cycle Track Policy Needed to Boost Ridership, Public Health
May 16, 2013 — Bicycle engineering guidelines often used by state regulators to design bicycle facilities need to be overhauled to reflect current cyclists' preferences and safety data, according to a new study. They say that US guidelines should be expanded to ... > full story -
Topography of Eastern Seaboard Muddles Ancient Sea Level Changes
May 16, 2013 — The distortion of the ancient shoreline and flooding surface of the US Atlantic Coastal Plain are the direct result of fluctuations in topography in the region and could have implications on understanding long-term climate change, according to a new ... > full story -
New Method Proposed for Detecting Gravitational Waves from Ends of Universe
May 16, 2013 — A new window into the nature of the universe may be possible with a device proposed by scientists that would detect elusive gravity waves from the other end of the ... > full story -
Galaxy's 'Burning Ring of Fire' Is Frenetic Region of Star Formation
May 16, 2013 — Johnny Cash may have preferred this galaxy's burning ring of fire to the one he sang about falling into in his popular song. The "starburst ring" seen at center of a new image in red and yellow hues is not the product of love, as in the song, but is ... > full story
Health & Biomedical Sciences
Health & Medicine
Consuming Coffee Linked to Lower Risk of an Autoimmune Liver Disease
Regular consumption of coffee is associated with a reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), an autoimmune liver ... > full story
- Clinical Support for Patient Self-Management Is Rhetoric Rather Than Reality, Experts Say
- Returning Genetic Incidental Findings Without Patient Consent Violates Basic Rights, Experts Say
- Accelerated Aging in Children: Promising Treatment for Progeria Within Reach
- Stem-Cell-Based Strategy Boosts Immune System in Mice
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Mind & Brain
Gene Involved in Neurodegeneration Keeps Clock Running: Scientists Identify Another Gene Important to Morning Wake-Up Call
Scientists have shown a gene involved in neurodegenerative disease also plays a critical role in the proper function of the circadian clock. In a study of the common fruit fly, the researchers found the gene, called Ataxin-2, keeps the clock ... > full story
- Researchers Shocked by New Statistics on Head Injuries Among People Who Are Homeless
- Faulty Energy Production in Brain Cells Leads to Disorders Ranging from Parkinson's to Intellectual Disability
- Repeat Brain Injury Raises Soldiers' Suicide Risk
- Brain Rewires Itself After Damage or Injury, Life Scientists Discover
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Living Well
Most Math Being Taught in Kindergarten Is Old News to Students
Kindergarten teachers report spending much of their math instructional time teaching students basic counting skills and how to recognize geometric shapes -— skills the students have already mastered before ever setting foot in the kindergarten ... > full story
- Fast and Painless Way to Better Mental Arithmetic? Yes, There Might Actually Be a Way
- Body Fat Hardens Arteries After Middle Age
- Emotional Response to Climate Change Influences Whether We Seek or Avoid Further Information
- 'Owning' a Darker Skin Can Positively Impact Racial Bias, Study Finds
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Biological & Earth Sciences
Plants & Animals
Making Ice-Cream More Nutritious With Meat Left-Overs
Most of the animal proteins found in the meat industry waste have, until now, been underutilized. The challenge is to transform such waste into food of higher functionality and added ... > full story
Earth & Climate
First Ever Underwater University Lectures
Students at the University of Essex have taken their lectures to a whole new level -- 18 metres under the sea in remote Indonesia to be ... > full story
- Team Wins Cubesat Berth to Gather Earth Energy Imbalance Measurements
- World's Biggest Ice Sheets Likely More Stable Than Previously Believed
- Research Into Carbon Storage in Arctic Tundra Reveals Unexpected Insight Into Ecosystem Resiliency
- Invasive 'Crazy Ants' Are Displacing Fire Ants in Areas Throughout Southeastern U.S.
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Fossils & Ruins
Light Cast on Lifestyle and Diet of First New Zealanders
Scientists have shed new light on the diet, lifestyles and movements of the first New Zealanders by analyzing isotopes from their bones and ... > full story
Physical & Applied Sciences
Space & Time
NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves Into Development
NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in ... > full story
Matter & Energy
DNA-Guided Assembly Yields Novel Ribbon-Like Nanostructures
DNA "linker" strands coax nano-sized rods to line up in way unlike any other spontaneous arrangement of rod-shaped objects. The arrangement -- with the rods forming "rungs" on ladder-like ribbons -- could result in the fabrication of new ... > full story
Computers & Math
Can Math Models of Gaming Strategies Be Used to Detect Terrorism Networks?
Mathematicians have developed a mathematical model to disrupt the flow of information in a complex real-world network, such as a terrorist organization, using minimal ... > full story
- Scientific Insurgents Say 'Journal Impact Factors' Distort Science
- New Insights Into How Materials Transfer Heat Could Lead to Improved Electronics
- Collecting DNA for Human Rights: How to Help While Safeguarding Privacy
- First Direct Proof of Hofstadter Butterfly Fractal Observed in Moiré Superlattices
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