About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed like a contradiction in Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Astronomy
Jun 10, 2025
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The Target Malaria UK modeling team at Imperial College London has published their latest study in Nature Communications, titled "The potential of gene drives in malaria vector species to control malaria in African environments."
Biotechnology
Nov 20, 2024
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In just a few months, voters across America will head to the polls to decide who will be the next U.S. president. A new study draws on mathematics to break down how humans make decisions like this one.
Mathematics
Aug 12, 2024
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Driven by global warming, the emerging climate crisis has in recent years included a rise in the frequency and intensity of extreme rain events, leading to loss of life and of property. A new research study, led by Dr. Assaf ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 6, 2023
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An international team of astrophysicists has made a puzzling discovery while analyzing certain star clusters. The finding challenges Newton's laws of gravity, the researchers write in their publication. Instead, the observations ...
Astronomy
Oct 26, 2022
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Genomic sequencing has revolutionized our understanding of medicine and evolution, such as identifying hereditary anomalies. Arrays of nanometer-sized holes—nanopores—in silicon nitride can in principle dramatically speed ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 5, 2022
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Protecting people from floods requires many technical professionals to make good predictions and decisions.
Earth Sciences
Jun 24, 2022
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Finding a job can be tough at the best of times, but when you have a disability it can be an uphill battle, especially when fewer than 50 percent of disabled people have a job.
Economics & Business
Dec 6, 2021
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The Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to three scientists who sought to predict the long-term evolution of a complex system such as the climate by modelling variables—weather, human actions—that create disorder within those ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2021
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Humans have harnessed the power of microbes for centuries, for example using yeast to make bread, beer, yogurt and wine via fermentation. These living organisms are useful to us because they perform chemical reactions as ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 29, 2021
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