The Search For Novel Inexpensive And Efficient Non-Noble Catalysts
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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Can Immunotherapy Conquer Triple-Negative Breast Cancer?
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a subtype of breast cancer, the most common cancer in women. TNBC is clinically negative for expression of the estrogen…
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The Role Of Actin Rings In Early Embryo Development
During the first stages of pregnancy, as the embryo travels down the fallopian tube it begins to transform from a loose cluster of cells into…
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Water Splitting In Contaminated Waters
Hydrogen is a clean source of energy as its combustion only results in water vapor. This is unlike the situation with fossil fuels, wherein its…
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The Challenge Of River Basin Monitoring
In the coming years, water management will face new challenges for several reasons. Global warming is reducing water availability, population growth is dramatically increasing global…
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Surface Properties Of Asteroids
Our solar system contains a myriad of bodies with sizes ranging from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers. We call them asteroids. The most numerous…
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Dying Cancer Cells “Teach” Remaining Tumor How To Survive During Chemo- And Radiotherapy
Research performed during the last 50 years has led to great progress in the therapy of cancer. Scientists were able to dramatically increase both the…
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A Closer Look At The Properties Of Sand
When we fill a bucket up with sand, flip it upside down, and remove the bucket to make a sand castle, we usually don’t think…
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Characterizing Long-Term Groundwater Conditions And Lithology For The Design Of Large-Scale Borehole Heat Exchangers
The Earth’s subsurface remains at a relatively stable temperature at a given depth despite daily and seasonal changes in the weather at the surface. Rock…
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Asteroids And Comets Shower Mars With Organics
Life as we know it is based on water and organic compounds. Studying how water and organics form, evolve and move within our Solar System…
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Observing Magnetically-Mediated Behavior In Lab Mice
The ability of animals to sense the Earth’s magnetic field for spatial behaviors such as navigation and orientation is well-established. For example, the use of…
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