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Blue Light Microscopy Technique Opens Doors Doors in Nanoscale Research

A team of Brown University researchers created a solution to a nanoscale resolution challenge that has for decades limited the study of materials that could lead to more energy efficient semiconductors and electronics.
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Lower Cost, Dual-Modality Imaging Technique Facilitates Earlier Disease Detection

Researchers have developed a dual-modality imaging technique that not only delivers comprehensive diagnostic information but also provides a cost-effective solution for healthcare providers.

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Molecules in a Folk Medicine Plant Could Help Us See Inside Cells

Plants that glow under ultraviolet (UV) light aren’t only a figment of science fiction TV and movies. Now, researchers have identified molecules responsible for the ethereal blue hue of the medicinal plant, the "orange climber".
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Infectious SARS-CoV-2 Virus Particles Isolated From Hospital Air

The research of Nathalie Grandvaux's team, in collaboration with other researchers, sheds light on the scientific field of airborne transmission of the COVID-19 virus.
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Vitamin D May Explain Disparities in Prostate Cancer

Investigators detail genetic differences in the cellular processing of vitamin D between European American and African American men relating to prostate cancer.
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Social Situations Are Processed Similarly in the Brain

A recent study shows that different people have similar brain activity when perceiving social situations. Researchers discovered an extensive neural network in the human brain that effectively processes various social information.
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Compounds Behind Ashy Flavor of Smoke Taint in Wine Identified

Researchers have discovered a new class of compounds that contributes to the ashy or smoky flavors in wine made with grapes exposed to wildfire smoke.
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Proteins Ratios Appear Key to the Differences in Spider Glue Properties

Research has found that the glue that orb weaver spiders use to make their webs sticky has differing protein proportions across species.
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Hard-To-Recycle Plastic Degraded by Fungi

Polypropylene, a hard to recycle plastic, has successfully been biodegraded by two strains of fungi in a new experiment.
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Wildfires Are Producing More Methane Than We Knew

Novel detection technique raises pollution policy questions.
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