#Simple interventions can help people spot false headlines

“#Simple interventions can help people spot false headlines” Helping people identify nefarious information online might be possible through inexpensive digital-media literacy outreach. Credit: Egan Jimenez, Princeton University The avalanche of online content available to people around the world has outpaced humans’ ability to separate fact from what can be highly toxic and even dangerous fiction….

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#Microbubbles controlled by acoustical tweezers for highly localized drug release

“#Microbubbles controlled by acoustical tweezers for highly localized drug release” Local release, assisted by an acoustic trap, of nanoparticles transported by microbubbles. Credit: Diego Baresch, Institut de mécanique et d’ingénierie de Bordeaux (CNRS/Université de Bordeaux/Arts et Métiers Paristech/Bordeaux INP) Microbubbles are used every day as contrast agents in medical sonography, and are the subject of…

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#New research deepens mystery of particle generation in proton collisions

“#New research deepens mystery of particle generation in proton collisions” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A group of researchers including scientists from the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, University of Tokyo, Nagoya University, and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) used the spin-polarized Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States…

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#3-D reconstructions of boats from the ancient port of Rome

“#3-D reconstructions of boats from the ancient port of Rome” 3D reconstructions of the three boat types found in Fiumicino: fishing boat (left), small sailboat (centre) and a harbour lighter (right). Credit: D. Peloso, Ipso Facto scoop.Marseille/P. Poveda, Centre Camille Jullian, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université Today, Fiumicino in Italy is a busy airport, but 2,000…

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#Red Sea climate forecasts: Handle with care

“#Red Sea climate forecasts: Handle with care” The researchers examined historical datasets to investigate the influence of various global climate patterns on the ones identified in the Red Sea. Credit: Sabique Langodan “Extrapolating future climate trends from historical data is more challenging for enclosed seas than it is for open oceans and should be done…

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#Are protected areas effective at maintaining large carnivore populations?

“#Are protected areas effective at maintaining large carnivore populations?” Brown bear in eastern Finland. Interestingly, the effects of protected areas on bear densities varied depending on the methodology used. Credit: Daniel Burgas-Riera A recent study, led by the University of Helsinki, used a novel combination of statistical methods and an exceptional data set collected by…

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#Sahara dust blankets Caribbean, air quality hazardous

“#Sahara dust blankets Caribbean, air quality hazardous” This satellite photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, shows a could of dust coming from the Sahara desert arriving to the Caribbean Monday, June 22, 2020. The massive cloud of dust is blanketing the Caribbean as it heads to the U.S. with a size…

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#A new symmetry-broken parent state discovered in twisted bilayer graphene

“#A new symmetry-broken parent state discovered in twisted bilayer graphene” The symmetry-breaking phase transition in magic-angle graphene. The four ‘flavours’ of Dirac electrons filling their energy levels are represented by four ‘liquids’ filling conical glasses. Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science In 2018 it was discovered that two layers of graphene twisted one with respect to…

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#Click… Resistant bacteria caught in the act

“#Click… Resistant bacteria caught in the act” As humanity fights against the coronavirus, the battle against antibiotic resistant bacteria continuesScientists at UCLouvain have succeeded in capturing unique images of protein soldiers that help bacteria resist drugs. This discovery is published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Chemical BiologyThe image recordings will make it possible to…

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