Mercury, Or The Beauty Of Ageing Planets
The Academy Award winner Anna Magnani once told her make-up artist: “Please don’t retouch my wrinkles. It took me my life to grow them.” [F1]…
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Is Energy Metabolism Homogeneous Within A Cell?
Energy metabolism is the essential group of chemical reactions that generates the energy that maintains our cells alive. But that isn’t all energy metabolism does!…
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Massive Dinosaur Uncovered Hints At Lost Link Between Africa And Europe
Though scientists have long known that Africa was home to unique species of dinosaurs not found anywhere else, little is known about how they got…
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New Rare Earth Elements Found In Amazon Estuary?
Nowadays, the industry is more and more demanding of many metals. Among these many metals are rare earth elements, and some of these elements (e.g.,…
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Indigenous Peoples’ Right To Land Can Help In Achieving Conservation Goals
Indigenous people make up about five percent of the world’s population, residing in 70 countries with minimum or no management control over their land, resources,…
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3D Printed Electrodes In Electronic Devices
3D printing technology has definitively come a long way since it was first invented in the early 1990s. Known as fuse deposition modeling, it was…
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“Ripples” Of Hippocampal Activity Help Consolidate Memories During Sleep
By now, it is commonly accepted in the scientific community that sleep is a necessary part of memory formation and consolidation. Over a century of…
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The Gulf Stream May Be Weaker Than It Has Been In 1600 Years, Could Exacerbate Climate Change
A system of currents found in the Atlantic Ocean may be slowing down, and may now be at their weakest in around 1600 years. The…
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Experts Warn New Zealand Is Primed For A Devastating 9.0 Magnitude Earthquake
Seismologists and geoscientists are warning that New Zealand should prepare for a “the big one,” a massive earthquake that could reach magnitude 9.0 or higher….
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Small-Molecule TLR8 Antagonists And The Human Immune System
The human immune system is composed of the innate immune system and the adaptive immune system. The innate immune system includes epithelial tissues, immune cells,…
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Plastic Pollution Getting Worse: Extreme Rain And Flash Floods Multiply Concentration Of Microplastics In Marine Ecosystems
Heavy rains that began on December 20, 2016, caused severe flooding in the province of Mersin, southern Turkey, on December 29, 2016. Two people died…
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