New supercomputer simulations enhance understanding of protein motion and...
Supercomputing simulations at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory could change how researchers understand the internal motions of proteins that play functional, structural and...
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The ocean is lighting up with secret forms of communication between marine animals that may have applications in satellite remote sensing, biomedical imaging, cancer detection and computer data...
View ArticleNew species of early anthropoid primate found amid Libyan strife | The...
During upheaval in Libya in 2013, a window of opportunity opened for scientists from the University of Kansas to perform research at the Zallah Oasis, a promising site for unearthing fossils from the...
View ArticleUsing light-force to study single molecules
Scientists at EPFL show how a light-induced force can amplify the sensitivity and resolution of a technique used to study single molecules._EPFL
View ArticleThree new technologies to make energy cleaner, more efficient
Three technologies — a computational tool to improve power grid planning, a process to create biofuel from kelp and a hybrid device that makes hydrogen and stores energy — are being developed by...
View ArticleCharge-parity violation
Matter and antimatter behave differently. Scientists hope that investigating how might someday explain why we exist. One of the great puzzles for scientists is why there is more matter than antimatter...
View Article‘Material universe’ yields surprising new particle
An international team of researchers has predicted the existence of a new type of particle called the type-II Weyl fermion in metallic materials. When subjected to a magnetic field, the materials...
View ArticleRapid plankton growth in ocean seen as sign of carbon dioxide loading
A microscopic marine alga is thriving in the North Atlantic to an extent that defies scientific predictions, suggesting swift environmental change as a result of increased carbon dioxide in the ocean,...
View ArticleHow cells create free space
In order to divide, cells in the intestinal wall have to leave their densely packed environment and migrate to the surface. ETH researchers have now discovered how they do this – using a tiny bed of...
View ArticleScientists spot jets from supermassive black hole snacking on a star
Scientists have discovered a hungry black hole swallowing a star at the centre of a nearby galaxy. The supermassive black hole was found to have faint jets of material shooting out from it and helps to...
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Θέλεις να ᾽σαι ευτυχισμένος; Φυσικά και θέλεις! Τότε, τι σ᾽εμποδίζει; Η ευτυχία σου εξαρτάται από σένα ολοκληρωτικά! Να τι μας έχει αποκαλύψει η θεϊκή σοφία ενός ανθρώπου που πέρασε τη γαλήνια ζωή του...
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Αφορμή για τη δημοσίευση, το άρθρο «Genes for a longer, healthier life found» που δημοσιεύθηκε την 1η Δεκεμβρίου 2015 στο ιστολόγιο του Ομοσπονδιακού Ινστιτούτου Τεχνολογίας της Ζυρίχης (ETH Zurich)...
View ArticleImpression of King Hezekiah’s Royal Seal …
First seal impression of an Israelite or Judean king ever exposed in situ in a scientific archaeological excavation_The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
View ArticleNewly Discovered Butterfly Species …
An international team of entomologists has described two new species of satyrid butterflies from the lowland tropical forests of the upper Amazon basin, and named one of them after the famed naturalist...
View ArticleScientists probe ‘mystery of the Moho’
An international team of scientists, co-led by Professor Chris MacLeod from the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, will set sail for a remote location in the Indian Ocean as part of an expedition to...
View ArticleTheory of ‘smart’ plants may explain the evolution of global ecosystems
A new theory presented by Princeton University researchers in the journal Nature Plants suggests that in some cases that may be exactly what happens. In one of the first global theories of land-biome...
View ArticleQuantum computer made of standard semiconductor materials
Physicists at the Technical University of Munich, the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Stanford University (USA) have tracked down semiconductor nanostructure mechanisms that can result in the loss...
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Μετά την διανομή της Πολωνίας, ο Στάλιν ήθελε να διασφαλίσει την Βαλτική πλευρά της Ρωσίας έναντι μελλοντικής απειλής προερχομένης από τον προσωρινό εταίρο του, Χίτλερ. Σύμφωνα μ' αυτήν την επιθυμία, η...
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