Mountains are exposed to mass movements such as landslides, debris flows, and snow avalanches. These hazards affect valley slopes and endanger human settlements. They may…
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There has been great interest in finding structural targets in cancer for the widely prescribed type 2 diabetes drug metformin. Metformin is a synthetic product…
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The human race relies heavily on what the earth has to offer: minerals from underground, food from land and sea. We know how important these…
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In Paris in December 2015, states established a new ‘global goal on adaptation’ at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This goal…
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Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by complex and multifactorial mechanisms, which are not completely understood. In particular, the molecular causes of many neurodegenerative diseases have not…
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In most East and Southeast Asia countries, mosaic crop production systems usually consist of relatively small land holdings ( < 2 ha), which are managed…
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As the dominant staple crop in temperate regions of the world, wheat provides between 20% to 50% of the total intake of calories in our…
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If we imagine a plate, which is perfectly reflective of sound and drill holes through 5% of its surface then we would expect 5% of…
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Modern society is largely a plastic-based culture in which organic (carbon-based) plastics have become more ubiquitous than other common materials such as metals, glass, or…
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We know from the geologic record that the Earth had to face episodes of global glaciation hundreds of millions of years ago. It is widely…
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The 2017 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to Kip Thorne, Rainer Weiss, and Barry Barish, “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and…
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