Scientists studying the behavior of platinum particles immersed in hydrogen peroxide may have discovered a…
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Bending world’s thinnest glass shows atoms’ dance
Watch what happens when you bend and break the world’s thinnest glass. This glass was…
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Rapid reversal of diabetes after gastric banding surgery
Clinical researchers have shown that a form of weight loss surgery, known as ‘gastric banding’,…
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Teachers more likely to have progressive speech, language disorders
Researchers have found a surprising occupational hazard for teachers: progressive speech and language disorders. The…
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction helps lower blood pressure, study finds
Blood pressure is effectively lowered by mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for patients with borderline high…
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Evidence of unsustainable fishing in the Great Barrier Reef
Sea cucumber fishing in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park shows worrying signs of being…
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New evidence on lightning strikes: Mountains a lot less stable than we think
Lightning strikes causing rocks to explode have for the first time been shown to play…
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Scientists bend world’s thinnest glass and see atoms dance
Watch what happens when the world’s thinnest sheet of glass breaks. Well, not exactly breaks,…
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How Earth’s rotation affects vortices in nature, such as hurricanes and ocean currents
What do smoke rings, tornadoes and the Great Red Spot of Jupiter have in common?…
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First evidence that dust and sand deposits in China are controlled by rivers
New research has found the first evidence that large rivers control desert sands and dust…