Ocean temperature reconstructed over the last 700,000 years
Credit: Daniel Baggenstos Bern's ice core researchers were already able to demonstrate in 2008 how the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has changed over...
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Genetic admixture in the South Pacific: from Denisovans to the human immune response
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Describing the genetic diversity of human populations is essential to improve our understanding of human diseases and their geographical distribution. However,...
New agreement signed for the Office for Astronomy Outreach
The International Astronomical Union and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan expand OAO's activitiesCredit: IAU OAO The IAU is delighted to announce that it has signed...
Get your head in the game — One gene’s role in cranial development
Credit: Department of Molecular Craniofacial Embryology,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) use genetic engineering in mice to further understand how cell fate...
Roadside invader: The higher the traffic, the easier the invasive common ragweed disperses
Credit: Uwe Starfinger Common ragweed is an annual plant native to parts of the United States and southern Canada. It's an invasive species that has...
A European project to develop electrodeless plasma thrusters
Credit: ERC-ZARATHUSTRA project Plasma thrusters consume less propellant than chemical combustion rockets, allowing for longer, more ambitious and economical missions. Existing technologies, however, use metal...
Cultivating Matsutake, valuable edible fungi
Credit: Copyright © 2021, Akiyoshi Yamada et al., under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature Costing anywhere from 15 to 70...
Artificial intelligence for space
Credit: (Image: Hakan Kayal / University of Wuerzburg) Suddenly, circular holes were visible on the surface of Mars that were not there before. On photos...
UOC to provide teachers in Europe with training to improve online teaching
The ECOLHE project, co-funded by the EU's Erasmus+ programme, involves the UOC and another six universities in Europe.Credit: (Photo: Massimiliano Minocri, UOC) E-learning has become...
3D-printed material to replace ivory
With an elephant-friendly alternative to ivory, developed by TU Wien and Cubicure, old artefacts can be restored with high precision.Credit: TU Wien For centuries, ivory...
Increased risk of liver cancer in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver
Credit: Gustav Mårtensson Non-alcoholic fatty liver, NAFLD, is associated with several health risks. According to a new registry study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet...
Dynamical machine learning accurately reconstructs volume interiors with limited-angle data
Credit: by Iksung Kang, Alexandre Goy, and George Barbastathis A wide range of objects, from biological cells to integrated circuits, are tomographically imaged to identify...
Mystery canine illness identified
Credit: Lancaster University An outbreak of vomiting among dogs has been traced back to a type of animal coronavirus by researchers. Vets across the country...
Transforming circles into squares
Researchers reconfigure material topology on the microscaleCredit: (Image courtesy of Shucong Li/Bolei Deng/Harvard SEAS) Reconfigurable materials can do amazing things. Flat sheets transform into a...
Interlayer exciton formation, relaxation, and transport in TMDs van der Waals Heterostructures
Credit: by Ying Jiang, Shula Chen, Weihao Zheng, Biyuan Zheng and Anlian Pan TMDs vdW heterostructures generally possess a type-II band alignment which facilitates the...
