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How microbes hack into cells and why cancer drugs might block them
No matter the pathogen—virus, bacterium or fungus—many “pick a specific type of lock” on the surface of cells, which allows the microbe to break and enter into the inner sanctum of the host’s genome.
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Studying a cell’s crawling motion in a fluid
Cell motility, the spontaneous movement of cells from one location to another, plays a fundamental role in many biological processes, including immune responses and metastasis. Recent physics studies have gathered new evidence …
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An approach to enhance question answering (QA) models
Identifying the correct answer to a question often entails gathering large amounts of information and understanding complex ideas. In a recent study, …
Researchers use drones to weigh whales
By measuring the body length, width and height of free-living southern right whales photographed by drones, researchers were able to develop a model that …
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Mob mentality rules jackdaw flocks
Jackdaws are more likely to join a mob to drive off predators if lots of their fellow birds are up for the fight, new research shows.
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Beyond Einstein: Physicists solve mystery surrounding photon momentum
Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect: in its most intuitive form, a single atom is irradiated with light. According to Einstein, light consists of particles (photons) that transfer …
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NASA lander captures marsquakes, other Martian sounds
NASA’s InSight lander on Mars has captured the low rumble of marsquakes and a symphony of other otherworldly sounds.
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Humanity’s emissions ‘100-times greater’ than volcanoes
Human activity churns out up to 100 times more planet-warming carbon each year as all the volcanoes on Earth, says a decade-long study released Tuesday.
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New public-private research upends traditional carbon pricing and presents a more effective method for pricing emissions
With the United Nations recently concluding discussion of climate change and leaders returning to their countries to explore new solutions, newly-released public-private research from New York University and Columbia Business …
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Physicist suggests ‘quantum foam’ may explain away huge cosmic energy
Steven Carlip, a physicist at the University of California, has come up with a theory to explain why empty space seems to be filled with a huge amount of energy—it may be hidden by effects that are canceling it out at the …
Why magnetism in certain materials is different in atomically thin layers and their bulk forms
Researchers led by MIT Department of Physics Professor Pablo Jarillo-Herrero last year showed that rotating layers of hexagonally structured graphene at a particular “magic angle” could change the material’s electronic properties …
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Step forward in falling research
University of Queensland research shows there is more at play than just a sinking feeling when you stumble during movement or trip in a hole in the ground.
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Room for improvement in drug dosage timing in hospitals
Too many hospitals provide medications according to the practicalities of their staffing schedules rather than the ideal dosing times for their patients, according to a new study led by experts at Cincinnati Children’s.
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