#Researchers develop urine test that identifies pregnancy outcome after threatened miscarriage

“#Researchers develop urine test that identifies pregnancy outcome after threatened miscarriage” The new test developed uses an innovative surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) chip that requires a droplet of urine to screen for urine molecules associated with miscarriage risk. Credit: Nanyang Technological University Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)and clinicians at KK Women’s and…

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#New connections between quantum computing and machine learning in computational chemistry 

“#New connections between quantum computing and machine learning in computational chemistry ” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Quantum computing promises to improve our ability to perform some critical computational tasks in the future. Machine learning is changing the way we use computers in our present everyday life and in science. It is natural to seek connections between…

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#High-tech CT reveals ancient evolutionary adaptation of extinct crocodylomorphs

“#High-tech CT reveals ancient evolutionary adaptation of extinct crocodylomorphs” New insights into the anatomy of the inner ear of prehistoric reptiles, the thalattosuchians, revealed details about the evolutionary adaption during the transition into the ocean after a long semiaquatic phase. These new findings of an international research team were made possible by the use of…

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#Goodbye ‘extinction,’ hello ‘evanescence’? Validating a new paradigm

“#Goodbye ‘extinction,’ hello ‘evanescence’? Validating a new paradigm” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier established extinction as a distinct field of science in a series of publications beginning in 1799. He confirmed that fossil species were formerly living species no longer extant, confirming similar conclusions of classical Greek scholars. However, mechanisms thought…

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#Researchers shed new light on solar flares

“#Researchers shed new light on solar flares” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Plasma astrophysicists at KU Leuven have created the first self-consistent simulation of the physical processes that occur during a solar flare. The researchers used Flemish supercomputers and a new combination of physical models. Solar flares are explosions on the surface of the Sun that…

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#RV Polarstern returns to the MOSAiC floe

“#RV Polarstern returns to the MOSAiC floe” The German research vessel POLARSTERN returns to the MOSAiC ice floe after crew exchange near Svalbard. Credit: Alfred Wegener Institute/Lisa Grosfeld After a month’s absence, on 17 June the German research icebreaker Polarstern rendez-voused with the MOSAiC floe at 82.2° North and 8.4° East, after having left it…

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