#COVID-19 pandemic could be learning opportunity for middle-grade students

“#COVID-19 pandemic could be learning opportunity for middle-grade students” Educators could use the COVID-19 outbreak to help middle-schoolers better understand the world, according to new research from faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York. In the field of middle-grades education (grade 4-9), the COVID-19 pandemic may offer educators a perfect real-world scenario that…

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#5,000 years of history of domestic cats in Central Europe

“#5,000 years of history of domestic cats in Central Europe” Perspektywiczna cave inside view during excavation. Credit: Magdalena Krajcarz A loner and a hunter with highly developed territorial instincts, a cruel carnivore, a disobedient individual: the cat. These features make the species averse to domestication. Even so, we did it. Nowadays, about 500 million cats…

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#Chance of big San Andreas earthquake increased by Ridgecrest temblors, study suggests

“#Chance of big San Andreas earthquake increased by Ridgecrest temblors, study suggests” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study suggests that last year’s Ridgecrest earthquakes increased the chance of a large earthquake on California’s San Andreas fault. The study, published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America on Monday, says there is now…

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#Astrophysicists suggest carbon found in comet ATLAS help reveal age of other comets

“#Astrophysicists suggest carbon found in comet ATLAS help reveal age of other comets” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Astrophysicists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU, Russia), South Korea, and the U.S. appear in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, suggesting carbon indicates time comets have spent in the Solar System—the less carbon, the longer they…

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#Listeria protein provides a CRISPR ‘kill switch’

“#Listeria protein provides a CRISPR ‘kill switch’” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A single protein derived from a common strain of bacteria found in the soil will offer scientists a more precise way to edit RNA. The protein, called AcrVIA1, can halt the CRISPR-Cas13 editing process, according to new research from Cornell, Rockefeller University and the…

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#Bird droppings carry risk of antibiotic resistance

“#Bird droppings carry risk of antibiotic resistance” Urban crows, ducks and gulls are a potentially important reservoir of antimicrobial resistance genes, according to Rice University engineers who studied their droppings. Credit: Rice University Urban crows, ducks and gulls are a potentially important reservoir of antimicrobial resistance genes, according to Rice University engineers who studied their…

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#Researchers develop new technique for production of plasmonics devices

“#Researchers develop new technique for production of plasmonics devices” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Research laboratories are constantly developing new materials that are expected to exhibit novel properties bound to revolutionize this or that technology. But it’s not enough to simply create these materials; scientists also need to find efficient methods of processing and fine-tuning them….

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#New solar material could clean drinking water

“#New solar material could clean drinking water” With Army funding researchers at the University of Rochester have developed an aluminum panel that angled at the sun purifies water. Credit: Courtesy of University of Rochester Providing clean water to soldiers in the field and citizens around the world is essential, and yet one of the world’s…

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