#Researchers access both enantiomers by varying reaction time

“#Researchers access both enantiomers by varying reaction time” Figure 1. Strategies for obtaining both enantiomers of chiral molecules. Credit: SIOC Homochirality is a fundamental feature of all living organism. It is well known that a pair of enantiomers of chiral drug molecules, whose structures have a non-superimposable mirror-image relationship to each other, will probably exert…

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#Whales used to identify Arabian horses

“#Whales used to identify Arabian horses” A computer program that mimics in software the social interactions of the humpback whale has been used by researchers in Egypt to build a system for the identification of Arabian horses. Identification of Arabian racehorses is critical to owner provenance, vaccination handling, disease control, animal traceability, food management, and…

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#Climate change is altering terrestrial water availability

“#Climate change is altering terrestrial water availability” Credit: CC0 Public Domain The amount and location of available terrestrial water is changing worldwide. An international research team led by ETH Zurich has now proved for the first time that human-induced climate change is responsible for the changes observed in available terrestrial water. Water is the lifeblood…

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#Research reveals fishing pressures affect tropical and temperate reefs differently

“#Research reveals fishing pressures affect tropical and temperate reefs differently” A diver rolls up a transect tape upon completion of a survey at Heron Island within northern Australia’s tropical Great Barrier Reef. Credit: Brian Sullivan In a study published recently in Ecology and Evolution, an international team of researchers focused on what can happen to…

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#Coronavirus spike: why getting people to follow restrictions is harder the second time around

“#Coronavirus spike: why getting people to follow restrictions is harder the second time around” by Kristina Murphy, Harley Williamson, Jennifer Boddy and Patrick O’leary, The Conversation </p><div> <div> <div data-src=”https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2020/people.jpg” data-sub-html=”Credit: CC0 Public Domain” data-thumb=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2020/people.jpg”> <figure><img alt=”people” height=”480″ src=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800/2020/people.jpg” title=”Credit: CC0 Public Domain” width=”800″></img><figcaption> Credit: CC0 Public Domain </figcaption></figure></div> With residents in ten Melbourne postcodes…

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#Malaria’s secret to surviving in the blood uncovered

“#Malaria’s secret to surviving in the blood uncovered” Images showing haem crystallisation. The left image shows normal crystallisation and the right shows this in the absence of the PV5 protein. Credit: The Francis Crick Institute New research from the Francis Crick Institute has found how the malaria parasite protects itself from toxic compounds in red…

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#Economist: societal costs of COVID-19 outweigh individual costs

“#Economist: societal costs of COVID-19 outweigh individual costs” UVA economist Anton Korinek said the United States needs to contain the coronavirus to allow for a real economic recovery. Credit: Dan Addison, University Communications Over the past month, as states began to reopen their economies, COVID-19 infection rates began increasing. With 2.4 million cases diagnosed in…

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#Science needs to look inward to move forward

“#Science needs to look inward to move forward” Scientific journals rely on peer reviewers to ensure the strength of papers, but the process can be opaque and idiosyncratic. Credit: ElasticComputeFarm About a year after she was appointed to a senior editorial role at an academic journal, psychology researcher Professor Simine Vazire was admonished for upsetting…

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