Imagine drawing on something as delicate as a living cell — without damaging it. Researchers at the University of Missouri have made this groundbreaking discovery using an unexpected combination of tools: frozen ethanol, electron beams and…
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Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi Used Different Types of Hand Grips, Study Suggests
Australopithecus sediba — a small hominin species that lived about 2 million years ago — had a mix of ape-like and human-like features, while Homo naledi — a recently-discovered hominin species that lived between about 335,000 and…
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World’s first petahertz-speed phototransistor in ambient conditions
What if ultrafast pulses of light could operate computers at speeds a million times faster than today’s best processors? A team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Arizona, are working to make that possible.
In a…
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The safety and effectiveness of optometrist-delivered selective laser trabeculoplasty
Nagar M, Ogunyomade A, O’Brart D, Howes F, Marshall J. A randomised, prospective study comparing selective laser trabeculoplasty with latanoprost for the control of intraocular pressure in ocular hypertension and open angle glaucoma. Br J…
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Cancer treatment paradigms in the precision medicine era
Competing interests
The content is solely the responsibility of the author and does not necessarily represent the official views of their institutions. V.S. has received research funding for clinical…
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Building consensus on MIGS: insights from a UKEGS survey
There was a firm belief that MIGS procedures have an important role in glaucoma management and that they can slow vision loss (95%, n = 76), reduce the need for further pressure-lowering incisional glaucoma surgery (94%, n = 75) and lower…
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PhDs bear brunt of territorial behaviour
Ecologists were among the researchers surveyed about the prevalence of territorial behaviours such as data hoarding.Credit: Tomas Munita/Bloomberg/Getty
Almost half of the scientists who responded to a survey have experienced territorial and…
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A study of dominant factors in the coupled coordination of population–ecology–energy–digital economy in China based on random forest algorithm
Temporal and spatial characteristics of general coupling coordination
Temporal characteristics of general coupling coordination
The time series analysis of this study reveals that from 2011 to 2020, the coupling degree and coordination level of…
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of the predatory flower bug Orius strigicollis
Insects rearing and sample collection
Orius strigicollis populations were collected from eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) in Jiaxing (120.42° E, 30.45° N), Zhejiang, China, in 2023. These populations were maintained in an artificial climate…
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Robots learning without us? New study cuts humans from early testing
Humans no longer have exclusive control over training social robots to interact effectively, thanks to a new study from the University of Surrey and the University of Hamburg.
The study, which will be presented at this year’s IEEE International…
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