#Astronomers see unexpected molecule in exoplanet atmosphere

“#Astronomers see unexpected molecule in exoplanet atmosphere” Artist’s impression of a Jupiter-sized exoplanet. Credit: ESO/L.Calçada SRON-astronomers have found the signature for aluminum oxide (AlO) in the spectrum of exoplanet WASP-43b. This came as a surprise because AlO is expected to stay hidden in the lower atmospheric layers. It is only the second time that astronomers…

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#A race to solve the COVID protein puzzle

“#A race to solve the COVID protein puzzle” This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 — also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19 — isolated from a patient in the US. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of the…

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#Scientists identify specific molecular elements that regulate root development

“#Scientists identify specific molecular elements that regulate root development” Brachypodium plants grown at EMSL phytotron. Plant roots were harvested at different developmental stages for phenotyping and molecular analysis. A) Leaf development; B/C) Early- and late-tillering is when new shoots emerge after the initial parent shoot grows from a seed; D) Booting/heading: as the head moves…

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#Co-offenders provide key to crime patterns

“#Co-offenders provide key to crime patterns” Flinders University law Professor David Bright from the Centre of Criminology Research. Credit: Flinders University A large volume of criminal offending involves two or more individuals acting collaboratively—yet detailed analysis of co-offending is lacking to obtain more detailed and accurate pictures of criminal networks and broad crime patterns. Much…

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#Is not helping a bad person good or bad?

“#Is not helping a bad person good or bad?” Distribution of evaluation for donors: The horizontal axis shows the evaluation score. The scores were calculated by simply adding together the scores of three statements on a 5-point scale, so it has minimum and maximum values of 3 and 15. The vertical axis shows the density…

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#Programming van der Waals interactions with complex symmetries into microparticles using liquid crystallinity

“#Programming van der Waals interactions with complex symmetries into microparticles using liquid crystallinity” Bipolar LC microparticles, experiments, and theoretical predictions. Representative (A) bright-field and (B) polarized light micrographs (double-headed arrows show orientations of polarizers) of a polymerized bipolar LC microparticle. (C) Illustration of the internal ordering of the microparticle in (A) and (B). (D) Fluorescence…

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#Studying many genes in many animals is key to understanding how humans can live longer

“#Studying many genes in many animals is key to understanding how humans can live longer” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Much of longevity and aging research focuses on studying extremely long-lived species, including bats, naked mole-rats and bowhead whales, to find genetic changes that contribute to long life. However, such work has yielded highly species-specific genetic…

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