#Many families must ‘dance’ their way to COVID-19 survival

“#Many families must ‘dance’ their way to COVID-19 survival” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Marketing managers and academics have been studying how families plan ahead and make decisions about family care and family consumption for a long time—but what happens when planning ahead is not possible? When consumers can’t plan ahead…they “dance.” Although there has been…

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#Fancy Aussie bees flew in from Asia

“#Fancy Aussie bees flew in from Asia” Homalictus tatei – James Dorey 18JDEC356ii Homalictus female sp. 112p MPE 5x -James Dorey Credit: James Dorey, Flinders University Ancestors of a distinctive pollinating bee found across Australia probably originated in tropical Asian countries, islands in the south-west Pacific or greater Oceania region, ecology researchers claim. Describing the…

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#Cellulose for manufacturing advanced materials

“#Cellulose for manufacturing advanced materials” Erlantz Lizundia–Fernandez. Credit: UPV/EHU. The last decade has seen an increase in scientific publications and patents on cellulose, the most abundant natural polymer. By reviewing these papers, a researcher in the UPV/EHU’s Department of Graphic Design and Engineering Projects has explored the level of development of nanohybrid materials made from…

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#Precise measurement of liquid iron density under extreme conditions

“#Precise measurement of liquid iron density under extreme conditions” 136 gigapascal (1.36 million atmospheres) and >4000 C. The sound speed and density profiles of the deep-interior of our planet is given by seismological observations. Credit: Assistant Professor Yoichi Nakajima” width=”800″> Our planet has a layered structure of silicate mantle and metallic core. The liquid outer…

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#Spacewalking astronaut loses mirror, newest space junk

“#Spacewalking astronaut loses mirror, newest space junk” This photo provided by NASA shows NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and NASA Flight Engineer Bob Behnken during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Friday, June 26, 2020. Cassidy and Behnken, are conducting the first of at least four spacewalks to replace the last bunch of old…

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#Record-breaking metalens could revolutionize optical technologies

“#Record-breaking metalens could revolutionize optical technologies” A schematic of the metalens, which is constructed of tiny titanium waveguides. On the right, a schematic of a single waveguide. Credit: Boubacar Kanté Traditional lenses—like the ones found in eyeglasses—are bulky, heavy and only focus light across a limited number of wavelengths. A new, ultrathin metalens developed by…

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#A Rubik’s microfluidic cube

“#A Rubik’s microfluidic cube” Fabrication process of a microfluidic cube. Credit: Nature: Microsystems and Microengineering, doi: 10.1038/s41378-020-0136-4 Scientists have recently engineered a modular system based on the Rubik’s cube to design and reconfigure microfluidic systems. Research teams had previously pursued the arrangement of microfluidic blocks in diverse conformations to suit varied experiments. In this work,…

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#What is an ecocultural identity?

“#What is an ecocultural identity?” Humanity is not seperate from nature, but a part of nature itself. Credit: Unsplash At the core of the most pressing global issues of our time is a crisis of identity, where culture meets ecology. The importance of the environment is often downplayed as merely one in a sea of…

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#How the coronavirus pandemic could shape cities

“#How the coronavirus pandemic could shape cities” The interior of Villa La Roche designed by Le Corbusier. Credit: Radomir Cernoc At the turn of the 20th century, tuberculosis was America’s third-most common cause of death. It struck down the young as well as the old and was so contagious that spitting anywhere in public except…

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