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Converting self-sterilising water filtration technologies for COVID-19 protection

August 24, 2020
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With the worldwide focus on coronavirus prevention and transmission, a new type of air-filter that self-sterilises and decontaminates is being developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Atmospheric Sciences, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oceanography
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Coronaviruses amplified along wildlife supply chain

August 17, 2020
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Coronaviruses were detected in a high proportion of bats and rodents in Viet Nam from 2013 to 2014, with an increasing proportion of positive samples found along the wildlife supply...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Parasitology, Virology, Zoology
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New international carbon dating standard

August 13, 2020
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Radiocarbon dating is set to become more accurate than ever after an international team of scientists improved the technique for assessing the age of historical objects.
Earth & Environmental, Materials
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental, Geology, Geophysics, Materials, Materials Science, Soil Science
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Advantage flat angel shark

August 7, 2020
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The general picture of a shark is that of a fast and large ocean predator. Some species, however, question this image - for example angel sharks. They have adapted to...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Oceanography, Paleobiology, Zoology
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A truffle’s tale… 40 years in the making

August 7, 2020
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As a first-year graduate student studying truffle ecology at Oregon State University, Dan Luoma attended a scientific meeting in 1981 on Orcas Island in Washington. Having recently learned how to...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Environment
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How flying snakes glide

August 6, 2020
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Flying snakes glide through the air, flattening their bodies to provide lift. But as they glide they seem to swim, undulating their bodies from side to side. Now a team...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Environment, Zoology
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Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite reveals new penguin colonies

August 5, 2020
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A new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than was previously thought. The results provide an important benchmark for monitoring...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Zoology
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Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission launched

July 31, 2020
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NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples to send back to Earth.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Physics
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Affordable carbon-loving materials for reduced industrial emissions

July 28, 2020
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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are advancing gas membrane materials to expand practical technology options for reducing industrial carbon...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science
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Supergenes play a larger role in evolution than previously thought

July 16, 2020
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Massive blocks of genes--inherited together 'plug and play' style--may play a larger role in evolutionary adaption than previously thought, according to new research in Nature. Biologists identified 37 of these...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Environment, Genetics
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