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Astronomers Spot Unusual, Enormous Rings Around a Black Hole
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Astronomers Spot Unusual, Enormous Rings Around a Black Hole

V404 Cygni Rings (Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Wisc-Madison/S. Heinz et al.; Optical/IR: Pan-STARRS) Astronomers spotted an unusual set of rings in X-rays around a black hole with a companion star. These rings…

12 September 2021 · 6 min read

Enhancing Drug Delivery With Ultrasound – Boosts Treatment of Gastrointestinal Tract Disorders
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Enhancing Drug Delivery With Ultrasound – Boosts Treatment of Gastrointestinal Tract Disorders

Suono Bio, co-founded by MIT alumnus Carl Schoellhammer and two MIT professors, uses ultrasound waves to deliver drugs to the gastrointestinal tract, leveraging research made in MIT labs over more…

12 September 2021 · 7 min read

New Research Finds Children With Autism Have a Distinctive Gut Microbiome
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New Research Finds Children With Autism Have a Distinctive Gut Microbiome

Significantly fewer gut bugs linked to neurotransmitter activity. Children with autism seem to have a distinctive and underdeveloped range and volume of gut bacteria (microbiome) that isn’t related to their…

12 September 2021 · 4 min read

Spectacular Ice Age Landscapes Beneath the North Sea Revealed by 3D Seismic “MRI” Scans
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Spectacular Ice Age Landscapes Beneath the North Sea Revealed by 3D Seismic “MRI” Scans

Close up image of an esker (a sedimentary cast of a meltwater channel formed beneath an ice sheet), discovered within a tunnel valley using the new 3D seismic reflection data.…

11 September 2021 · 4 min read

Increasing the Efficiency of Chemical Reactions To Help Decarbonize Fuels and Chemicals
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Increasing the Efficiency of Chemical Reactions To Help Decarbonize Fuels and Chemicals

This diagram illustrates the new process for enhancing reaction rates in an electrocatalytic process. The catalyst layer, made of gold or platinum, is shown as gray spheres at the bottom,…

10 September 2021 · 6 min read

Investigation Into the Origin of Elements in the Universe Yields New Insights
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Investigation Into the Origin of Elements in the Universe Yields New Insights

A key reaction in the slow neutron-capture process that forms elements occurs less frequently than previously thought. The Science The slow neutron-capture process (the s-process) is one of the nucleosynthesis…

3 September 2021 · 3 min read

Farewell message by CPVO President Martin Ekvad 2011-2021
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Farewell message by CPVO President Martin Ekvad 2011-2021

"After ten years as President of the Community Plant Variety Office, my second and last mandate expires on 31 August 2021. It has been a great honour to serve the…

27 August 2021 · 2 min read

Lerner will distribute books from publishing startup Soaring Kite
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Lerner will distribute books from publishing startup Soaring Kite

Soaring Kite Books, a startup publishing house in Washington focused on minority authors and diverse audiences, will have its books distributed by Lerner Publishing Group, the Minneapolis firm that is…

24 August 2021 · 2 min read

No strings attached on Free Comic Book Day
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No strings attached on Free Comic Book Day

Happy Free Comic Book Day! As the name implies, Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book specialty shops (and libraries!) across North America and around…

15 August 2021 · 5 min read