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Adaptive Evolution in Mammals and Birds Is Much Faster Than We Thought
Plants and Animals

Adaptive Evolution in Mammals and Birds Is Much Faster Than We Thought

A new approach for estimating the genetic variants that underpin natural selection has yielded an unexpected result. The additive genetic variation in the species analyzed…
Scientists Want To Open 830-Million-Year-Old Crystal with Potential Life Inside
Plants and Animals

Scientists Want To Open 830-Million-Year-Old Crystal with Potential Life Inside

Scientists recently revealed the finding of ancient bacterial and algae cells inside an 830-million-year-old rock salt crystal, which might still be alive. The researchers have…
NASA Invests In New Solar Sail That Bends Light To Control Spacecrafts’ Direction
Astronomy

NASA Invests In New Solar Sail That Bends Light To Control Spacecrafts’ Direction

NASA is looking at a new approach to solar sails. They intend to address the main disadvantage of present sails, which is their lack of…
Potassium Bicarbonate – an inorganic compound
Chemistry

Potassium Bicarbonate – an inorganic compound

Potassium bicarbonate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula KHCO3. It’s a solid white color. It is a potassium salt that is the monopotassium…
Potassium Hypochlorite
Chemistry

Potassium Hypochlorite

The potassium salt of hypochlorous acid is potassium hypochlorite (chemical formula KClO). It is used in varying concentrations and is frequently diluted in water solution.…
Examining Oxide Growth in Metals Made Additively in a sCO2 Environment
Chemistry

Examining Oxide Growth in Metals Made Additively in a sCO2 Environment

In a recently released collaborative study, Southwest Research Institute and Sandia National Laboratories investigate the variations in oxide film formation on wrought stainless steel and…
HD 42618 b – a Neptune-like Exoplanet
Astronomy

HD 42618 b – a Neptune-like Exoplanet

HD 42618 b is an exoplanet that resembles Neptune and orbits a G-type star. It is an extrasolar planet (exoplanet) that orbits the star HD…
Building Blocks for Hybrid Nanomaterials: Controlled Production of Multimetallic Materials
Chemistry

Building Blocks for Hybrid Nanomaterials: Controlled Production of Multimetallic Materials

Polymers are present in everything, from plastics to clothing to DNA. Long chains of the repeating units known as monomers are used to create polymers,…
Competition Beaten by New, Sensitive, and Reliable Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Method
Biology

Competition Beaten by New, Sensitive, and Reliable Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Method

With the development of single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), it is now possible to analyze the internal workings of hundreds of cells at once, revolutionizing the…
Africa’s Protected Areas Are Too Small to Protect Rapid Population Declines of Vultures
Zoology

Africa’s Protected Areas Are Too Small to Protect Rapid Population Declines of Vultures

Because they clean up the environment by eating carcasses, vultures help to prevent the spread of wildlife illnesses. The main cause of the vulture populations’…
Highlights of the Amazon Landscape Change Study Environmental Damages and Action Possibilities
Biology

Highlights of the Amazon Landscape Change Study Environmental Damages and Action Possibilities

The world’s most biodiverse tropical forest confronts numerous environmental risks, as shown by a large study into landscape changes in the Brazilian Amazon, but it…
Could Mario Kart Teach Us How to Improve Sustainability and Reduce World Poverty?
Economics

Could Mario Kart Teach Us How to Improve Sustainability and Reduce World Poverty?

The exhilaration of racing down Rainbow Road, squeaking around a curve, and grabbing a power-up from one of the floating square icons on the screen…
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