Two women and a boy took refuge on the roof … but it was carried away by the deluge of water, and as far as the eye could reach, the three unfortunate persons were seen clinging to the roof. One of the women was afterwards ...
Earth Sciences
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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have compared how much energy bats use when flying, depending on whether they have large or small ears.
Plants & Animals
Nov 10, 2017
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Halonium ions used in this study, are well-known reaction intermediates and halogenating reagents in synthesis, but now they have been used as robust and stable structural units in molecular nanotechnology.
Materials Science
Nov 10, 2017
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Boys are more likely to perform well in schools with a higher proportion of girls. This is shown in a new study by sociologists from Radboud University, which was published in School Effectiveness and School Improvement. ...
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2017
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Predicting when rivers across the world are likely to flood months before they do could soon be possible thanks to a unique new forecasting system.
Environment
Nov 10, 2017
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Researchers from Empa have developed a flexible material that generates electricity when stressed. In future, it might be used as a sensor, integrated into clothing or even implanted in the human body, for instance, to power ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 10, 2017
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A seemingly paradoxical prediction in physics has now been confirmed in an experiment: No matter whether an object is opaque or transparent, the average length of the light's paths through the object is always the same.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 10, 2017
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Scientists from Wageningen University & Research have found natural genetic variation for photosynthesis in plants and are unravelling it to the DNA level. As a result it should be possible to breed crops that use photosynthesis ...
Biotechnology
Nov 10, 2017
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Researchers at Kanazawa University and the University of Tokyo report in Nature Communications the visualization of the dynamics of 'molecular scissors'—the main mechanism of the CRISPR-Cas9 genetic-engineering technique.
Biotechnology
Nov 10, 2017
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Jan Halámek believes there is a better method to securing electronic devices – and it relies on our own sweat.
Materials Science
Nov 10, 2017
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