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Novel reaction microscope scheme targets biologically relevant molecules
Latest spectrometer design is more sensitive to chemical fragments and can distinguish between isomers with more than one carbon atom Researchers in Germany and the US have upgraded the performance of a reaction microscope so that the technique — known as Cold Target Recoil Ion Momentum Spectroscopy, or COLTRIMS for short — can be extended […]
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Middle East dust storm not caused by conflict, study finds
Climate change, not the ongoing regional conflict, was behind last year’s huge dust storm in the Middle East, according to new research published in Environmental Research Letters. The storm in September 2015 affected Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Cyprus, leading to scores of people being hospitalised, ports being closed, flights being cancelled, and large portions of […]
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Cheap loans for renewables would drive global energy transition
Achieving the global energy transition will not only require the introduction of carbon prices. In addition, costs of capital for wind and solar power plants will need to be reduced from about 10 per cent today to below five per cent in the emerging and developing countries. This could be accomplished by way of export […]
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Physicists make it possible to 3D print your own baby universe
Researchers have created a 3D printed cosmic microwave background – a map of the oldest light in the universe – and provided the files for download. The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a glow the universe has in the microwave range that maps the oldest light in the universe. It was imprinted when the universe […]
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Congratulations to the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics laureates
David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz win the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics
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Dogs detecting cancer: putting the idea to the test
Study performed on smokers and ex-smokers examines whether canine scent detection could really be a suitable screening tool for lung-cancer under clinical conditions.
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Physicists refine polymer model to study the origins of life
Linear molecular system where DNA strand length is used as a proxy for groups of living organisms exhibits selective behaviour that can continue indefinitely.
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