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Philosophy & Predictive Processing online publication on the mind, brain and consciousness
Mainz-based Professor of Philosophy Thomas Metzinger sets another example for ethically responsible publishing in the digital age. After successfully publishing...
In-cell NMR: A new application
Credit: Enrico Luchinat and Lucia Banci The structure of biological macromolecules is critical to understanding their function, mode of interaction...
Plants at the pump
Credit: Photo provided by Sandia National Laboratories LIVERMORE, Calif.--Regular, unleaded or algae? That's a choice drivers could make at the...
The protective layer of prehistoric land plants
Credit: Photo: Ralf Reski An international research team has discovered a biochemical pathway that is responsible for the development of...
Paleontologists find fossil relative of Ginkgo biloba
Credit: Fabiany Herrera & Patrick Herendeen A discovery of well-preserved fossil plants by paleontologists from the United States, China, Japan,...
Stabilizing soils with sulfates to improve their constructional properties
Credit: Seco et al., 2017 The journal Applied Clay Science has recently published the paper 'Sulfate soils stabilization with magnesium-based...
Ionization mechanisms of captive atoms struck by light matter
Light interacting with hydrogen atoms enclosed in hollow cages composed of carbon atoms - referred to as fullerene material -...
Mechanism underlying size-sorting of rubble on asteroid Itokawa revealed
Credit: JAXA In 2005, the Hayabusa spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed on Itokawa, a small...
How rare sugars might help control blood glucose
In an era when the label "natural" hits a sweet spot with consumers, some uncommon sugars emerging on the market...
Moving toward faster, more accurate detection of food- and water-borne bacteria
Credit: Charles S. Henry, Ph.D. Food poisoning is a scourge. Yet preventing it is far from foolproof. But in a...
Physicists design a device inspired by sonic screwdriver
Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU Physicists have designed a handheld device inspired by the sonic screwdriver in Doctor Who and the...
New technology platform propels the use of ‘organs-on-chips’
A research team led by scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital has developed a novel technology platform that enables the...
Phonon nanoengineering: Vibrations of nanoislands dissipate heat more effectively
Credit: (Source: IFJ PAN) Europium silicide has for some time attracted the attention of scientists. Recognized as being promising for...
RIT alumnus wins national award for undergraduate physics research
A graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology's College of Science has been recognized by the American Association of Physics Teachers...