People—or more specifically just Swedes—are more like chimpanzees than previously known. This is indicated in a genetic mapping of one thousand Swedish individuals, where new DNA sequences that should be included in the ...
Evolution
Sep 24, 2019
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In 1994, Chinese university student Zhu Ling began experiencing stomach pain, hair loss and partial paralysis. By the time doctors diagnosed Ling with thallium poisoning about four months later, she was in a coma. Ling survived, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 13, 2018
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In its recently published action plan for batteries which identifies EU sources for the minerals required to produce batteries, the European Commission has highlighted the essential role mineral raw materials will play to ...
Other
Nov 6, 2018
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The number of Earth observation satellites monitoring the environment is growing fast. New satellites are capable of distinguishing increasingly narrow bands of wavelengths and making increasingly frequent observations of ...
Environment
Oct 2, 2017
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Scientists from the Faculty of Chemistry of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have performed computations and derived new equations to conduct X-ray fluorescence analysis with higher accuracy in comparison to current ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 1, 2017
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With the addition of four new reference materials (RMs) to a growing collection of "measuring sticks" for gene sequencing, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can now provide laboratories with even more ...
Biotechnology
Sep 16, 2016
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Space holds numerous fascinating objects which we can only investigate by observing their radiation – even beyond the visible range. For space telescopes such as the European Space Agency's (ESA) infrared observatory Herschel, ...
General Physics
Nov 23, 2015
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The production and characterisation of reference materials to detect silver nanoparticles in meat is feasible, a recent experiment has found. Using methods developed through the NANOLYSE project, two concentrations of silver ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 8, 2015
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The world's first reference material to help ensure laboratories accurately "map" DNA for genetic testing, medical diagnoses and future customized drug therapies is now available from the National Institute of Standards and ...
Biotechnology
May 21, 2015
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A little detective work by nuclear physicists has uncovered hidden uncertainties in a popular method for precisely measuring radioactive nuclides, often used to make reference materials for forensic analyses such as radioactive ...
General Physics
Feb 3, 2015
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