Ice loss from Canada's Arctic glaciers has transformed them into a major contributor to sea level change, new research by University of California, Irvine glaciologists has found.
Earth Sciences
Feb 14, 2017
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University of Utah mathematicians propose a theoretical framework to understand how waves and other disturbances move through materials in conditions that vary in both space and time. The theory, called "field patterns," ...
Mathematics
Feb 14, 2017
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Penguins at a California aquarium got more than their daily helping of fish to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2017
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A University of Texas at Dallas team is exploring whether teaching real-world science through a popular computer game may offer a more engaging and effective educational approach than traditional concepts of instruction.
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2017
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216
By hijacking a cancer cell's own metabolism, researchers have found a way to tag and target elusive cancers with small-molecule sugars. This opens treatment pathways for cancers that are not responsive to conventional targeted ...
Biochemistry
Feb 14, 2017
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A new, specially coated iron oxide nanoparticle developed by a team at MIT and elsewhere could provide an alternative to conventional gadolinium-based contrast agents used for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures. ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 14, 2017
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430
Don't expect designer babies any time soon—but a major new ethics report leaves open the possibility of one day altering human heredity to fight genetic diseases, with stringent oversight, using new tools that precisely ...
Biotechnology
Feb 14, 2017
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Researchers have unlocked the mystery of why people have seen so many different images in Rorschach inkblots.
Mathematics
Feb 14, 2017
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The world's current reliance on fossil fuel energy, which is finite and a major source of pollution, begs for new, greener energy solutions. Electrochemical water catalysis or "water splitting," the chemical reaction by which ...
Materials Science
Feb 14, 2017
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9
Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are small, semiconductor-based lasers that emit optical beams from their top surface, and one of their main applications is in gas sensing. Gases each have a unique set of ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 14, 2017
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