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5 Billion of These Super-Strong Magnetic Supercrystals Can Fit on a Pinhead

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 09:22 AM PDT

Super-Strong Magnetic Supercrystals Illustration

Materials scientists who work with nano-sized components have developed ways of working with their vanishingly small materials. But what if you could get your components…

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Not Spiderwebs – These Electrospun Fibers Weave New Medical Innovations

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 09:04 AM PDT

Electrospun Fiber

Novel applications of a technology called coaxial electrospinning could improve contraceptive products and help. When you visit Andrew Steckl’s lab at the University of Cincinnati,…

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New Deep-Water Coral Discovered in Part of Unexplored Marine Ecosystem

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 06:26 AM PDT

Psammogorgia pax

Pax, Latin for ‘peace’ made its way into the scientific name of a new coral discovered off Pacific Panama and described in the journal Bulletin…

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Astronomers Surprising Finding With Type Ia Supernova Light Curves

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 05:12 AM PDT

G299 Type Ia Supernova

Scientists observe year-long plateaus in decline of type Ia supernova light curves, which is a surprising finding as astronomers had expected that the light curve…

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Doubt Cast on Carbon Capture by Stanford Study – “It Usually Increases Air Pollution”

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 02:41 AM PDT

Factory Carbon Dioxide Pollution

Current approaches to carbon capture can increase air pollution and are not efficient at reducing carbon in the atmosphere, according to research from Mark Z….

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Bioprinting Living Cells Extremely Fast and at Very High Resolution in a 3D Printer

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 02:21 AM PDT

Cells Spreading in a 3D Scaffold Microstructure

With a new process developed at TU Wien (Vienna), living cells can be integrated into fine structures created in a 3D printer — extremely fast…

The post Bioprinting Living Cells Extremely Fast and at Very High Resolution in a 3D Printer appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      
Fundamental Law of Classical Physics Reversed in New Research on Giant Radio Galaxies

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 11:04 PM PDT

Active Galaxy Illustration

Conventional wisdom tells us that large objects appear smaller as they get farther from us, but this fundamental law of classical physics is reversed when…

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What Really Caused Neanderthals to Go Extinct? New Study Has Shocking Answer

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 10:27 PM PDT

Eustachian Tube Neanderthal Man

A 21st century nuisance for parents may have proved deadly to early man. It is one of the great unsolved mysteries of anthropology. What killed…

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Invasive Snakeheads Driven Onto Land by Poor Water Conditions [Video]

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 09:16 PM PDT

Snakehead

The largest fish to walk on land, the voracious northern snakehead, will flee water that is too acidic, salty or high in carbon dioxide –…

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New Results on Black Hole and Neutron Star X-Ray Binaries From Insight-HXMT

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 09:02 PM PDT

Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT)

Scientists with the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) team presented their new results on black hole and neutron star X-ray binaries during a press conference…

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Game Changer: New Chemical Could Protect Crops From Drought

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 10:37 AM PDT

Wheat Treated with Opabactin

UC Riverside-led team’s discovery keeps plants plump and offers hope for crops despite drought. A University of California Riverside-led team has created a chemical to…

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