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  Researchers find there are at least 14,003 plant types in Amazon basin

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  (Phys.org)—A large team of researchers from Brazil, the U.K., Columbia and Spain has found that scientists have identified 14,003 types of plants growing in a major part of the Amazon rain forest. In their paper published ...

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  Copying nature's lock-and-key system could improve rapid medical diagnostics

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  Researchers have designed a system that rapidly recognises the specific biological molecules that can indicate disease.

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  Self-healing catalysts make it easier to store solar energy with water

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  (Phys.org)—Currently one of the most efficient ways to store solar energy is to transfer the energy to catalysts that split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Then the hydrogen can either be used as a fuel or later recombined ...

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  New quasar discovered by astronomers

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  (Phys.org)—A team of astronomers led by Jacob M. Robertson of the Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee has detected a new quasi-stellar object (QSO). They found the new quasar, designated SDSS J022155.26-064916.6, ...

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  Algae growing on snow found to cause ice field to melt faster in Alaska

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  (Phys.org)—A team of researchers from several institutions in the U.S. has found that algae growing on packed snow causes the snow to melt faster. In their paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the team describes ...

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  Scientists find way to remove 'noise' from big data in metabolomics study

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  Not long ago, scientists placed wagers on the number of genes in the human genome. Some bets ranged upward of 100,000 genes being present. Once the human genome sequence was completed, a project led in part by the McDonnell ...

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  Review: Glitzy iPhone X aside, the iPhone 8 is fine for most

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  The difference between Apple's new iPhone models is a bit like flying first class compared with coach. We envy first class, but coach gets us there without breaking the budget.

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  False eyespots intimidate predators, researchers find

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  The widespread occurrence of eyespots, from butterflies to fish, has intrigued biologists for years but the mechanism behind their function has, until now, remained unclear.

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  Expect the unexpected from the big-data boom in radio astronomy

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  Radio astronomy is undergoing a major boost, with new technology gathering data on objects in our universe faster than astronomers can analyse.

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  Americans vastly overestimate progress toward racial economic equality

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  Americans appear profoundly unaware of the vast economic inequality that persists between black and white Americans in contemporary society, according to a new study by researchers at Yale University.