Science

Bioinspired material to replace plastic

[ad_1] Based on different commercially available raw materials (eg TiO2-mica, Fe2O3-mica), it is possible to fabricate a variety of completely natural bio-inspired structural materials with different colors. Credit: GUAN Qingfang Modern life relies heavily on plastics, even though their petroleum-based production creates serious environmental challenges. The industry currently lacks sustainable …

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Researchers discover bacterial DNA’s recipe for success

[ad_1] The list of equations needed to model three exchanged plasmids in a bacterial species using the old method (left) versus the new simplified model equations (right). Credit: Teng Wang, Duke University Duke University biomedical engineers have developed a new way to model how potentially beneficial packets of DNA called …

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NASA data appears to show that the giant asteroid is empty

[ad_1] Kinder Surprise After years of orbits and ultimately landings to collect samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has made another surprising discovery. Bennu, a rapidly rotating space rock orbiting near Earth, appears to be hollow, according to a press release. Not only that, but scientists from the …

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Fast Radio Burst Detected by Magnetar in the Milky Way | Astronomy

[ad_1] Astronomers using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) and Five-100-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) telescopes have detected an extremely intense radio burst from SGR 1935 + 2154, a magnetar located at 4,400 parsecs (14,351 years light) away in the constellation of Vulpecula. An artistic impression of the …

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