Chinese researchers found something surprising in the dust brought back by the Chang’e-5 mission: thin layers of carbon called graphene.
The spectral fingerprint matched multilayer graphene, a carbon lattice stacked two to ten atoms thick. Lead…
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Trump administration takes aim at satellite that measures carbon dioxide and crops : NPR
A robotic arm attached to the International Space Station brings in the spacecraft carrying one of two Orbiting Carbon…
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Gorillas seek out old female friends when they move
Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News
Dian Fossey Gorilla FundFemale gorillas appear to maintain their social relationships for many years The relationships built up between female mountain gorillas are more important than previously…
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AI learns from nature to design super-adhesive gels that work underwater
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Stone tools suggest that hominins arrived on Indonesian island much earlier than thought
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The discovery of stone tools dating to at least 1.04…
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Excised DNA circles from V(D)J recombination promote relapsed leukaemia
Purification of mouse B cells
Non-transgenic CBA/C57BL/6 J mice were obtained from the University of Leeds animal facility, which is a full barrier facility, with a light/dark cycle of 12 h on/12 h off, an ambient temperature of 21 °C…
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Is your AI benchmark lying to you?
Anshul Kundaje sums up his frustration with the use of artificial intelligence in science in three words: “bad benchmarks propagate”.
Kundaje researches computational genomics at Stanford University in California. He is keen to incorporate…
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scientists talk supplements — and who should take them
Protein powders are a booming industry.Credit: Andrii Shevchuk/Alamy
Protein has become a buzzword in health and wellness circles, with social-media influencers touting high-protein diets as the ultimate solution for weight loss and muscle gain….
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Whole-genome sequencing of 490,640 UK Biobank participants
We integrated deep phenotyping data27 available for most UKB participants and performed genetic association analysis across selected disease outcomes captured with electronic health records and molecular and physical measurement phenotypes, many…
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Stronger El Niños reduce tropical forest arthropod diversity and function
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