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Silver, gold and copper nanowires are leading contenders for next-generation nanoscale devices, however greater understanding of…
Race at the edge of the sun: Ions are faster than atoms
Scientists at the University of Göttingen, the Institut d'Astrophysique in Paris and the Istituto Ricerche Solari…
Women are 30 percent less likely to be considered for a hiring process than men
Women are on average 30 percent less likely to be called for a job interview than…
Simulating nature’s cosmic laboratory, one helium droplet at a time
Two astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and from the University of Jena have…
The ethics of artificial intelligence: Teaching computers to be good people
When people think about artificial intelligence, or AI, they can be quick to jump to the…
Scientists turn back evolutionary clock to develop high-CO2-tolerant microalgae
The rapid elevation of atmospheric carbon dioxide level has led to global warming and ocean acidification.…
The forces behind South and Central China’s extremely hot summer
The effects of extreme warming have been felt across the globe in recent years, especially with…
New paper on the phylogeny of the Brassicaceae
The mustard family Brassicaceae (also known as Crucifers, from the cross-like form of their flowers) comprises…
Saving the lost text of a Torah scroll
Lights—red, blue, green, orange—flash in Gregory Heyworth's multispectral imaging lab in the University of Rochester's Rush…