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New Light Microscope May Help Unlock Some of Cells’ Secrets
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A microscopy technique pioneered with the help of Florida State University’s National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has led to the development of a new light microscope capable of looking at proteins on a molecular level.
The new light microscope is so powerful it allows scientists to peer d...
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Climate Change Was Major Factor in Erosion of Alps 6 Million Years Ago
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The Alps, the iconic rugged mountains that cover parts of seven European nations, might have reached their zenith millions of years ago, some scientists believe, and now are a mere shadow of their former selves. New research offers an explanation.
A team led by Sean Willett, a University of Was...
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Atoms Looser than Expected
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All the atoms in the universe just got looser, at least in the eyes of humans. No, the laws of physics didn’t change overnight, but our knowledge of how strong atoms are held together did have to be readjusted a bit in light of a new experiment conducted at Harvard University.
By studying how a singl...
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Mathematicians Maximize Knowledge of Minimal Surfaces
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For most people, soap bubbles are little more than ethereal, ephemeral childhood amusements, or a bit of kitsch associated with the Lawrence Welk Show.
But for Johns Hopkins University mathematician William Minicozzi, the translucent film that automatically arranges itself into the leas...
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Three Continents Collide to Create Australia
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A PhD student in the University of Adelaide’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences has found evidence of a collision between northern and central Australia 1.64 billion years ago.
Kate Selway says that two billion years ago, the Australia we know today existed only in bits.
“Northe...
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New Planets Shouldn’t Rock Your World
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Don’t be scared, if you think you’ll have to memorize the potentially growing number of planets. The proposal astronomers presented Wednesday to the International Astronomical Union (IAU) that would change the definitions of planets and add three planets to our solar system is nothing to get con...
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Is Pluto a Planet? Astronomers Vote, JHU Takes Straw Poll
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Generations of schoolchildren have memorized “My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas” (or a variation thereof) in order to remember the order of the nine planets in our solar system. For 70 years – ever since it was discovered – the “p” in that oft-repeated mnemonic device has stood for P...
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Splitting Light with Artificial Muscles Could Bring New Generation of Color Displays
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Scientists have unveiled a new technology that could lead to video displays that faithfully reproduce a fuller range of colors than current models, giving such a life-like viewing experience that it could be hard to go back to your old TV. The invention, based on fine-tuning light using microscopi...
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Ocean Noise Has Increased Considerably Since 1960s
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With populations increasing around the globe in recent decades, no one would be surprised by an increase in the amount of noise produced in terrestrial environments. Now, a unique study involving researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has...
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Key Event in Cell Death Occurs as Single, Quick Event
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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have demonstrated that a key event during apoptosis (cell suicide) occurs as a single, quick event, rather than as a step-by-step process. Apoptosis eliminates extraneous cells from the developing body; and disposes of cells that sustain irr...
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