#Researchers directly obtain 3-D, full-color images with conventional microscope

“#Researchers directly obtain 3-D, full-color images with conventional microscope” Imaging of a compound eye at different depths of (a) 14 μm and (b) 28 μm acquired with FC-WFM method, OS with FC-SIM method, and the OS in DOF with proposed FC-WFM-Deep, respectively. Credit: XIOM Conventional wide-field microscopy (WFM) cannot provide optical sectioning (OS) images that…

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#Ethnolinguistic diversity slows down urban growth

“#Ethnolinguistic diversity slows down urban growth” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Where various ethnic groups live together, cities grow at a slower rate. That is the conclusion reached by a researcher from the University of Basel and his colleagues based on worldwide data that shows how the diversity of language groups in 1975 has influenced urban…

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#Beavers gnawing away at the Arctic permafrost

“#Beavers gnawing away at the Arctic permafrost” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Alaska’s beavers are profiting from climate change, and spreading rapidly. In just a few years’ time, they have not only expanded into many tundra regions where they’d never been seen before; they’re also building more and more dams in their new homes, creating a…

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#What happens before a star explodes and dies: New research on ‘pre-supernova’ neutrinos.

“#What happens before a star explodes and dies: New research on ‘pre-supernova’ neutrinos.” Exploded star blooms like a cosmic flower. Credit: NASA/CXC/U.Texas A recent study on pre-supernova neutrinos—tiny cosmic particles that are extremely hard to detect—has brought scientists one step closer to understanding what happens to stars before they explode and die. The study, co-authored…

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#Worth Watching: Nat Geo Tackles Everest, Oprah and 100 Black Fathers, ‘Betty Broderick’

“#Worth Watching: Nat Geo Tackles Everest, Oprah and 100 Black Fathers, ‘Betty Broderick’” A selective critical checklist of notable Tuesday TV: Lost on Everest (9/8c, National Geographic): Returning to one of its favorite subjects and exotic locales, Nat Geo enlists journalist/climber Mark Synnott and photographer/mountaineer Renan Ozturk to try to solve an enduring mystery: What…

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#How Scream 5 could begin shooting this summer

“#How Scream 5 could begin shooting this summer” Neve Campbell in Wes Craven’s “Scream 3.” Photo credit: Joseph Viles Dimension Films Scream 5 will begin shooting this summer and here are the details Surprise, Sidney! Scream 5 will likely begin shooting this summer. The franchise’s fifth installment will be directed by Matthew Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett who directed…

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