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Social Sciences 7 hours ago

Study explores how criminal law could address sexual violence in the metaverse

Carlotta Rigotti, post-doc researcher at eLaw—Center for Law and Digital Technologies, and Professor Clare McGlynn, Durham University, have co-authored a new article in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, introducing the ...

Cell & Microbiology 7 hours ago

Molecule can disarm pathogenic bacteria without harming beneficial microbes

A consortium of researchers with multidisciplinary skills, coordinated by INRAE and including the CNRS, the Université Paris-Saclay and Inserm, has identified a molecule capable of "disarming" pathogenic bacteria in the ...

Molecular & Computational biology 7 hours ago

First atomic map of potato pathogen reveals potential infection mechanism

Plants are susceptible to a wide range of pathogens. For the common potato plant, one such threat is Pectobacterium atrosepticum, a bacterium that causes stems to blacken, tissues to decay, and often leads to plant death, ...

Analytical Chemistry 8 hours ago

Atmospheric reaction between Criegee intermediates and water found to be unexpectedly fast

Criegee intermediates (CIs)—highly reactive species formed when ozone reacts with alkenes in the atmosphere—play a crucial role in generating hydroxyl radicals (the atmosphere's "cleansing agents") and aerosols that impact ...

Earth Sciences 9 hours ago

Earthquake-driven land sinking could increase flood risk in Pacific Northwest

The next great earthquake isn't the only threat to the Pacific Northwest. A powerful earthquake, combined with rising sea levels, could significantly increase flood risks in the Pacific Northwest, impacting thousands of residents ...

Evolution 9 hours ago

Pugs and Persian cats show strikingly similar 'smushed' faces due to artificial selection

Through intensive breeding, humans have pushed breeds such as pug dogs and Persian cats to evolve with very similar skulls and "smushed" faces, so they're more similar to each other than they are to most other dogs or cats.

Biotechnology 9 hours ago

First synthetic 'mini prion' shows how protein misfolding multiplies

Scientists at Northwestern University and University of California, Santa Barbara have created the first synthetic fragment of tau protein that acts like a prion. The "mini prion" folds and stacks into strands (or fibrils) ...

Quantum Physics 9 hours ago

Using 'shallow shadows' to uncover quantum properties

It would be difficult to understand the inner workings of a complex machine without ever opening it up, but this is the challenge scientists face when exploring quantum systems. Traditional methods of looking into these systems ...

Condensed Matter 9 hours ago

First observation of non-reciprocal Coulomb drag in Chern insulators reported

He Qinglin's group at the Center for Quantum Materials Science, School of Physics, has reported the first observation of non-reciprocal Coulomb drag in Chern insulators. This breakthrough opens new pathways for exploring ...

Paleontology & Fossils 9 hours ago

First fossil pangolin tracks discovered in South Africa

A team of scientists who study vertebrate fossil tracks and traces on South Africa's southern Cape coast have identified the world's first fossil pangolin trackway, with the help of Indigenous Master Trackers from Namibia. ...

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