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A team of scientists from Skoltech and MIPT has investigated how the Casimir effect can be used to precisely control the angular orientation of nanost...
Researchers have identified four more members of Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition, one of whom was the subject of great debate lasting for more tha...
The biological productivity of the Southern Ocean in the summertime is substantially greater than many previous estimates have suggested, according to...
A research team led by Prof. Hsing I-Ming, Professor of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) at The Hong Kong University of Sci...
The Forensic Scientometrics (FoSci) movement has published its first report, bringing together leading experts from across the research investigative...
Astronomers from the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) and elsewhere have conducted photometric and spectroscopic observations of a catacl...
Researchers at the University of Alicante (UA) have developed a highly precise method for measuring distances at the nanometer scale at room temperatu...
The vast, deserted South Pacific is considered unspoiled nature. But this ocean is not as unspoiled as we would like to think. A new study by a group...
Trees are countering nearly half the urban heating from pavement and buildings in the world's cities, but they're not doing enough cooling in hotter,...
A new study of online communities suggests that their interaction dynamics can amplify small, local imbalances in opinions, rapidly turning initially...
Imagine a sea of glowing blue lights pulsing to the beat of the music. But instead of glow sticks filled with toxic chemicals, the luminescence comes...
A new analysis of inter-family marriages in the mafia-type organized crime group 'Ndrangheta, suggests that matrimonial ties between non-powerful fami...
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