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New ‘designer’ titanium alloys made using 3D printing
Dr Tingting Song and Distinguished Professor Ma Qian (left to right) with a titanium alloy created with the laser 3D printer that the team used at RMIT University, Note: this is not an alloy that the team made for this research. Credit: RMIT University A team of researchers has created a new class of titanium…
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A protein mines, sorts rare earths better than humans, paving way for green tech
A protein found naturally in a bacterium (Hansschlegelia quercus) isolated from English oak buds exhibited strong capabilities to differentiate between rare earths. Harnessing its power could revolutionize all tech sectors by fundamentally changing how critical minerals like rare earths are harvested. Credit: Penn State Rare earth elements, like neodymium and dysprosium, are a critical component…
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First study quantifying Earth system boundaries
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Humans are taking colossal risks with the future of civilization and everything that lives on Earth, a new study published in the journal Nature shows. Developed by an international science commission engaging more than 40 researchers from across the globe, the scientists deliver the first quantification of safe and just Earth…
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Why Do Bloodsucking Animals Feast on Blood?
Imagine you’re a leech in one of the lush rainforests of Southeast Asia (or Madagascar or mainland Africa) that you call home. Perhaps you’re clinging to the underbelly of a low-lying plant or burrowed just below the surface in a patch of damp soil. Then, dozens of human tourists start marching through the terrain, providing…
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Streamline quality control in electronics manufacturing with these 7 software capabilities
Figure 1: Quality control, or QC, is a vital part of the electronics manufacturing process. Source: Evident Scientific Quality control, or QC, is a vital part of the electronics manufacturing process. To help ensure that complex components meet targeted specifications and comply with international standards, semiconductor and electronic component manufacturers use industrial microscopes as part…
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Genetic Changes Made Bird Flu Worse When It Hit North America
Even as the world grapples with COVID-19, there has been another massive outbreak of a viral pathogen called H5N1 influenza among wild birds. New research has shown that this virus underwent genetic changes while infecting animals in North America. These changes made the virus more virulent, and the virus can now infect the brains of…
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Tune in for first Mars livestream
Enabling & Support 31/05/2023 50836 views 142 likes For one hour on Friday 2 June, join ESA on YouTube for a space first as live images stream down direct from Mars – this will be the closest you can get to a live view from the Red Planet. Does Mars really exist? Yes, but we…
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Technology is far from a silver bullet for solving homelessness or child welfare issues
by Aron Lee Rosenberg, Mary Anne Martin, Naomi Nichols and Sarah Cullingham, The Conversation Inefficient resources in the child welfare sphere haven’t been helped by technological advances. Credit: Shutterstock In 1921, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Christian Lous Lange stated: “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.” A century… Continue Reading News Source: phys.org
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Why more cities are hiring ‘night mayors’ and establishing forms of nighttime governance
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Growing up in a small town in Brazil, my daily life was shaped by the rhythms of my family’s working hours. My father has been a night shift worker for over three decades at a local factory. We got used to silent days and busy nights, noticing how our lives weren’t…
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Researchers reveal drug resistance mechanism of pathogen Staphylococcus aureus
Molecular mechanism of vancomycin resistance mediated by NOS via S-nitrosylation modification. Credit: Shu Xueqin et al. Recently, a research team led by Prof. Sun Baolin from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) revealed the mechanism of transcriptional regulation via S-nitrosylation for vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Their work was published in Nature…
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