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The study reveals how to improve natural gas production in shale

[ad_1] A Los Alamos study reveals how production pressures can be optimized to efficiently recover natural gas. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory A new study on hydrocarbons contradicts conventional wisdom about how methane is trapped in rock, revealing a new strategy for easier access to the precious energy resource. “The …

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The extendable “skin” sensor gives robots human sensations

[ad_1] Integrated glove with SLIMS sensor. Credit: Hedan Bai It’s no exaggeration to say that extendable sensors could change the way soft robots work and feel. In fact, they will be able to try quite a lot. Cornell University researchers have created a fiber optic sensor that combines low-cost LEDs …

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The discovery of the mechanism that controls genetic regulators could lead to new ways to fight disease

[ad_1] Han, Mendell and colleagues discovered an assembly of proteins that form a ubiquitin ligase (yellow) that targets microRNAs (red) and their associated Argonaute proteins (blue) for degradation. This mechanism largely regulates microRNA levels in multiple cell and tissue types. Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center Researchers from UT Southwestern have …

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How water escaped from the red planet

[ad_1] This artist’s concept depicts the primitive Martian environment (right) – believed to contain liquid water and a denser atmosphere – compared to the cold, dry environment seen on Mars today (left). Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Mars once had oceans but is now as dry as bone, leaving …

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A cosmic amethyst in a dying star

[ad_1] Credit: X-rays: NASA / CXC / UNAM / J. Toalá et al .; Optical: NASA / STScI On Earth, amethysts can form when gas bubbles in lava cool under the right conditions. In space, a dying star with a mass similar to the Sun is able to produce a …

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The research produces intense light beams with quantum correlations

[ad_1] Potential applications of the research conducted at the University of Sao Paulo include high-precision metrology and information coding (pump lasers for the production of quantum correlated light beams). Credit: Marcelo Martinelli / IF-USP The properties of quantum states of light are already exploited by highly sophisticated cutting-edge technologies such …

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