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Dowsing for electric fields in liquid crystals
You may not know it, but you probably spend several hours a day looking at nematic…
The racist roots of American policing: From slave patrols to traffic stops
Outrage over racial profiling and the killing of African Americans by police officers and vigilantes in…
The war on women coaches
During the past women’s college basketball season, two prominent head coaches, University of North Carolina, Chapel…
A combination of insecticides and mites weakens honeybees
Today, scientists at the Institute of Bee Health of the University of Bern and the honeybee…
Top Russian internet firm reportedly under pressure on data
Russia’s leading internet company says it’s committed to data privacy as it responds to reports that…
Laws of physics replace trial and error in new approaches to bioprinting
3-D printers can be used to make a variety of useful objects by building up a…
Estimating the wear and tear of ice on physical structures over coming decades or even centuries
Conditions in Arctic waters are among the most extreme in the world. Strong winds and currents…
Mathematicians work out how to predict success in show business
Mathematicians from Queen Mary University of London have found a way to predict whether an actor’s…
Supercomputing dynamic earthquake rupture models
Some of the world’s most powerful earthquakes involve multiple faults, and scientists are using supercomputers to…