Human populations are concentrated on coasts, where they often depend on aquifers as primary sources of water for drinking, agriculture, and industry. In coastal aquifers, usable…
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Why did humans evolve to be musical? This question has vexed scientists since Darwin first posed it more than a century ago. Several theories have…
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Solar power is the world’s most abundant energy resource, and photovoltaic cells are the most promising avenue for directly converting the photons to electricity. With…
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Eosinophils are a type of white blood cells involved in a variety of conditions, including allergic disorders (e.g. asthma, atopic dermatitis), drug hypersensitivity, parasitic infections,…
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Electricity from solar photovoltaics (PVs) is the fastest-growing source of new electric power worldwide. The growth is due to the dramatic cost decrease of PV…
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Use of pharmaceutical medications by humans is escalating globally. In fact, the number of pharmaceutical doses dispensed per year is predicted to reach 4.5 trillion…
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The gravitational field outside a planet, a moon, an asteroid, or a comet is crucial for determining that body’s mass, density, and some details of…
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Energy, as the driving force for human development, economic growth, and urban modernization is the eternal pursuit of humanity. As the basic energy source in…
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The golden era of electric mobility may be upon us. In 2016, ~160,000 plug-in electric vehicles were sold in the US. To further achieve wide…
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In 1971, President Richard Nixon declared a war on cancer (though with the Vietnam war still ongoing, he never actually used that phrase, calling for…
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In the past few decades, the rapid consumption of non-renewable fossil fuels has caused significant environmental and social problems on a global scale. Renewable energy…
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