What Do Crabs Really Eat?
They are creepy, they are crawly, they are….crabby? Crabs are a type of crustacean and fall under the taxonomical order Brachyura. Crabs under the order…
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Scientists Create Atomic Solid-State Drive With Potentially 1000x More Memory Than Conventional Devices
Researchers at the University of Alberta have created a new atomic-scale solid-state drive (SSD) that could potentially surpass the storage memory of conventional drives 1,000-fold….
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Becoming Personalized: How In Situ Hybridization Helped Revolutionize Healthcare
Have you ever seen one of your genes? The specific part of your genome where it is found? I bet you haven’t, but neither have…
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Tigers Eye: Characteristics And Properties
Tiger’s Eye is a pseudomorph of compact quartz. This popular gemstone is made after Crocidolite, which is a fibrous mineral. We will talk about the…
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Towards Obtaining Molecular Snapshots Of Biological Processes In Real Time
Biological functions and processes in organisms including human are carried out by many biomolecules. Those biomolecules are proteins, DNA, RNA, polysugars, lipids and many small…
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“Moral Machine Experiment”: Large-Scale Study Reveals Regional Differences In Ethical Preferences For Self-Driving Cars
One of the most pressing questions facing current AI research is: How do you program an AI to behave ethically? The phenomenon of human ethics…
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Boron Shines A Light On The Dark Side Of Inflammation
Inflammation, our bodies’ response to infection and injury, is generally regarded as a protective response that occurs to eliminate the offending stimulus and to promote…
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How Large Meteorite Impacts Affect Planetary Mantle Convection
Every now and then, car- or house-sized bodies entering Earth’s atmosphere from outer space meet a fiery end in a final blaze and remind us…
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How X-Ray Fluorescence Methods Reveal Past Climate Changes
Geology tries to understand the past by looking at the contemporary world. There is the famous phrase of uniformitarianism “Present is the key to the…
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Time For An Epstein-Barr Virus Vaccine
Autoimmunity is often thought of as a genetic malady that will require a genetic route for cure and prevention. Many of us have relatives and…
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Social Behaviors In Newly-Hatched Tortoises
Monday morning, London tube. Standing there, in a crowd of hundreds, your mind goes to your plans for the day, your morning appointments, errands to…
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