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What’s the Secret to STEM Diversity? Mentorship, According to a New Study
Researchers published a paper showing that when first-year female STEM students are mentored by student peers, the positive ripple effect lasts throughout their undergraduate years and into their postgraduate lives, enhancing the mentee’s subjective experience as well as objective academic outcomes.
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Novel Approach Provides a Window Into Autoimmunity’s Origins
Scientists have developed a way to find crucial protein fragments that drive autoimmunity, as well as the immune cells that respond to them.
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Water Filter Design Improved With Help of AI
Researchers report that artificial intelligence could speed up the development of promising materials to improve water filtration, simulating patterns of water-attracting and repelling groups to find optimal arrangements.
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Rusty Pipes Could Guide Groundwater Testing Efforts
Researchers have identified that rusty pipes are an indicator of low nitrate levels in groundwater, helping focus groundwater testing on areas without rusty pipes that may have dangerous levels of nitrate.
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Coffee Consumption Biomarkers Discovered
Researchers have identified and structurally characterized three metabolites that could be considered specific markers for individual coffee consumption.
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Discovery of World’s Oldest DNA Reveals Ancient Ecosystem
A new study published in Naturedescribes the discovery and analysis of ancient DNA that is calculated to be two-million-years-old, breaking the record for the oldest DNA to be discovered and studied.
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Rotten Meat Detection Made Easier by Biosensor System
To improve food safety, researchers designed a new, inexpensive, reliable and consumer-friendly technology that identifies the presence of the toxin putrescine in beef.
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Harmful Oxygen Loss in Lakes Prompted by Climate Change
A new study shows that a continually warming world is leading to extended, late-summer weeks of water stratification, prompting oxygen deprivation in the water which can have negative consequences for fish and other species.
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3-in-1 Microscope Aids Biomolecule Structural Determinations
A microscope has been developed that coordinates a light beam, and electron beam and an ion beam to cut slices from biological samples precisely, enabling greater insights into biomolecules.
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Glowing Protein Engineered To Create Detailed, High-Res Biomedical Images
A newly designed small fluorescent protein that emits and absorbs light that penetrates deep into biological tissue can help researchers capture deeper, cleaner and more precise biomedical images.
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