Hurricane Effects On Plant-Herbivore Networks In Tropical Dry Forests
Hurricane effects are increasing in recent times; every day we hear in the news reports of a new high-impact meteorological phenomenon in different parts of…
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease: How To Obtain An Animal Model That Resembles The Human Illness
Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are the two main types of an autoimmune disease called Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Since the beginning of…
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The Odd Icy Moons Of Saturn: After Cassini, We Still Don’t Know Everything
Cassini Mission scientists were thrilled when they got permission for a “sneak peek” at Saturn’s mysterious moon Iapetus on New Year’s Day 2005. Soon after…
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Using GPS Units To Understand Where Backpackers Travel In The Wilderness
Understanding visitor use in public parks is important for making decisions about how to best sustain both recreational activities and ecosystems. Specifically, knowing where visitors…
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Chaperone Protein AdDJSKI Of A.diogoi Potentiates Biotic As Well As Abiotic Stress Tolerance In Tobacco
Arachis diogoi, a wild diploid species related to the cultivated peanut, is resistant to the late leaf spot pathogen Phaeoisariopsis personata, which is one of…
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Investigating Shear Margins And Temperate Ice In The Antarctic Ice Sheet
Ice streams and outlet glaciers are relatively fast-flowing regions of ice that are adjacent to nearly stagnant ice or mountains. These ice streams are visible…
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Tropical Temperatures At The Cretaceous Poles
Evidence that the polar regions were much warmer during the Cretaceous Period (145-66 million years ago) compared to today has accumulated during the past century…
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Sequence-Defined Molecules Can Be Used To Create 2D Nanomaterials
The unique sequence-defined property endows materials scientists with the ability to precisely tailor and adjust the combination of functional groups at an atomic level, making…
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Examining Weak Bonds In Huadian Kerogen With Supercritical Ethanolysis
Oil shale is a potential alternative fossil energy source whose kerogen’s chemical structure makes up the basis of its application, presently for pyrolysis or retorting…
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Towards The Engineering Of Living Cells That Mimic Computers
Synthetic biology is challenging our current conception at multiple levels with an unprecedented potential. The aim is the (re)engineering of gene regulatory circuits to end…
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On The Shoulders Of Giants, Part 2: Stewart Wolf And The Pharmacology Of Placebos
In comparison to Henry Beecher’s much-cited paper, “The Powerful placebo,” of 1955 (1), Stewart Wolf’s paper, “The pharmacology of placebos,” of 1959 (2) is today almost…
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