Element Abundances And The Source Of Solar Energetic Particles
The Sun can emit intense bursts of high-energy particles that can fill a large volume of the heliosphere and last several days. The largest of…
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Functionalyzed 2-methoxy-2-alkynylcyclopropanes In Gold-catalysis: An Entry To Heterocyclic Products
The development of novel and more efficient synthetic methodologies in organic chemistry is highly desirable. In the last fifteen years, remarkable transformations have been accomplished…
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What Mitochondrial Cristae Are Telling Us About HIV-associated Neurological Disorder
Mitochondria are small intracellular organelles with a diameter about the size of a few microns. They serve crucial functions for cells such as the production…
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Invasive Species Eat Little Plankton And Cause Big Problems
With increased globalization, our world has seen unprecedented levels of connectivity resulting in human-caused spread and introduction of organisms. This rapid dispersal of species at…
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Reconstructing Physical Activity In The Past Using Hand Bone Entheses
The effect of habitual physical activity on the human body is a fundamental research topic in bioarchaeology as well as human evolutionary studies. The hand,…
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How Quantised Inertia Gets Rid Of Dark Matter
It is well-known that galaxies rotate so fast that centrifugal forces should have long ago beaten the gravitational self-attraction of all the visible mass we…
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Using Green Solvents To Extract Oil From Wet Yeast Cells
As a young boy, I have always had an innate curiosity to understand the world around me. From my time in academia I was able…
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Enzyme-free Ligation Of Oligonucleotides In A DNA Nanostructure
Modern methods in medicine and synthetic biology require very long DNA strands, in particular with the advent of the increasingly popular CRISPR/Cas9 system in recent…
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The Importance Of Physiology On Insect Geographical Distribution: The Role Of Desiccation Resistance For The Geographical Distribution Of Chagas Disease Vectors
Why do we not find polar bears in the tropics? Why are fewer insect species at higher latitudes (e.g., closer to the poles) or altitudes…
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Yolk / Shell Nanocrystals: A Novel Approach To Catalysis and Drug Release
Yolk/shell (Y–S) hybrid nanocrystals (HNCs) has become an emerging hot-spot material towards space-confined nanocatalysis, nanoreactors, drug release, and energy conversion, storage applications. The interior voids…
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Mesocrystal Formation Of Calcite Crystals In Solution
Crystals ─ which are a ubiquitous form of matter in the environment, within living organisms, and throughout technology ─ are created along many pathways. Some…
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