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How to better understand what makes a virus win during transmission?
Estimating fitness variation among microorganisms, meaning their aptitude to survive and reproduce in given conditions, allows…
Antiferromagnet lattice arrangements influence phase transitions
Antiferromagnets contain orderly lattices of atoms and molecules, whose magnetic moments are always pointed in exactly…
New method helps detect heart damage in top-level competition dogs
Frequent high-intensity exercise entails cardiac remodeling both in humans and animals. In dogs, especially those used…
How many people will migrate due to rising sea levels? Our best guesses aren't good enough
An article in 2011 shocked many by suggesting that up to 187 million people could be…
Diagnostic tool for coronavirus makes significant step forward
Scientists at the University of Warwick have demonstrated that a potential diagnostic tool for detecting COVID-19…
Researchers work to create a roadmap on quantum materials
The term ‘quantum materials’ was introduced to highlight the exotic properties of unconventional superconductors, heavy-fermion systems…
Scientists capture light in a polymeric quasicrystal
ITMO University scientists have conducted several experiments to investigate polymeric quasicrystals that ultimately confirmed their initial…
Fast, accurate and non-destructive: The new method to analyze food quality
Consumers always look for good quality products, above all in fresh food like vegetables. But how…
NASA finds post-tropical storm Beta's clouds blanketing the Southeastern US
NASA’s Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of Post-Tropical Cyclone Beta as it continued moving slowly through…