Can A Top-down Freezing Core Explain Ganymede’s Magnetic Field?
The Jovian moon Ganymede possesses an internally generated, present-day magnetic field. This finding was one of the most unexpected ones during the Galileo mission back in…
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Organ Cryopreservation: Nature’s Protocol For Freezing Organs
Every year in Canada, 1600 people are added to the organ transplant waiting list, but there are only 20.9 donors available per million people; as…
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Studying Very Young Asteroid Families
The asteroid main belt lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in a range of semimajor axis 2.0-4.0 AU. It consists of more than…
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Tumors In A Dish: Tools That Teach Us How To Improve Cancer Treatments
The growth of new blood vessels from existing blood vessels – angiogenesis – has been a prominent target of cancer therapy for nearly half a…
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Tidal Dissipation And The History Of The Icy Moons
The icy satellites of the outer solar system pose numerous puzzles, one of which is sometimes referred to as the Mimas-Enceladus paradox (e.g., Czechowski &…
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When Rock Meets Life
It all started in 2005 during a trip to the United States, where I went to a famous conference in geochemistry (Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow, Idaho)….
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Understanding Missing Proteins: Why Should You Care?
We all know that proteins are important. Proteins are large macromolecules which play important roles in our bodies, working as enzymes, maintaining the structural integrity…
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Hypotheses About The Timeline Of Impacts On The Lunar Surface
Determining the ages of planetary surfaces and events is no easy task. Surfaces are often layered in deposits from more recent activity. This fact is…
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Increasing Surface Water Trends In Peninsular India
Water resources play a crucial role in India’s economic growth, as a large portion of India’s GDP is dependent on the agriculture and allied sectors….
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A Closer Look At The Surface Of Mars
The nature of many of the rocks and materials on the surface of Mars remains mysterious. Volcanism has played an important role in forming many…
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Zooming In On Mechanobiology
Look through a biology textbook and what do you see? Lots of molecules. Whether they involve drugs or DNA, discussions of biology often revolve around…
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