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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
SOFTBANK REACHES DEAL WITH WEWORK
Internet investor SoftBank Group said Saturday it reached a settlement with WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann and other investors in the...
Business
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
TRADING APP ROBINHOOD SAYS FACING US REGULATOR INQUIRIES
Stock trading app Robinhood on Friday confirmed it is cooperating with inquiries from US regulators into its decision to temporarily...
Business
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
ROMAN CHARIOT UNEARTHED 'ALMOST INTACT' NEAR POMPEII
An ornate Roman chariot has been discovered "almost intact" near Italy's buried city of Pompeii, the archaeological park announced...
Archaeology
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
OAHU MARINE PROTECTED AREAS OFFER LIMITED PROTECTION OF CORAL REEF HERBIVOROUS FISHES
Marine protected areas around Oʻahu do not adequately protect populations of herbivorous reef fishes that eat algae on coral reefs....
Science, Ecology
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
THE CURRENT PANDEMIC HIGHLIGHTS HOW REMOTE HEALTHCARE ROBOTS COULD BE BENEFICIAL IN THE FUTURE
Robots that could take on basic healthcare tasks to support the work of doctors and nurses may be the way of the future. Who knows,...
Machine learning & AI
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
FLOOD-PRONE MIAMI TO SPEND BILLIONS TACKLING SEA LEVEL RISE
The US city of Miami is to invest billions of dollars to tackle its vulnerability to rising sea levels, a reality that already affects...
Environment
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
TIKTOK AGREES $92 MN DEAL TO SETTLE US PRIVACY LAWSUITS
TikTok has agreed to pay $92 million in a deal to settle a cluster of US class-action lawsuits accusing the video-snippet sharing platform...
Business
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
COLOMBIA'S APIARISTS SAY AVOCADO BUZZ IS KILLING BEES
For the second time in two years, Gildardo Urrego is scooping up piles of dead bees after an invisible evil invaded his hives in northwest...
Ecology
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
'EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION' PROVIDES DRAMATIC BENEFITS IN LEARNING TO READ
The ability to read is foundational to education, but prolonged school closures and distance learning due to the pandemic have imposed...
Education
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
NANOMEDICINE ACTIVATION PROFILE DETERMINES EFFICACY DEPENDING ON TUMOR C-MYC EXPRESSION
The Innovation Center of NanoMedicine reported in ACS Nano together with the group of Prof. Yu Matsumoto of Otorhinolaryngology and...
Bio & Medicine
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
ENGINEERING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN 2D AND 3D MATERIALS
In recent years, engineers have found ways to modify the properties of some "two- dimensional" materials, which are just one or a few...
Nanomaterials
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
RADIOACTIVITY IN METEORITES SHEDS LIGHT ON ORIGIN OF HEAVIEST ELEMENTS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
A team of international researchers went back to the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago to gain new insights into...
General Physics
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
EXPOSURE TO DIVERSE CAREER PATHS CAN HELP FILL LABOR MARKET 'SKILLS GAP'
When Patrick Rottinghaus began college, he had no idea what he wanted to do with his career. He started out as an "Open" major while...
Education
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC VOTERS AGREE ON ONE THING-THE NEED FOR GENEROUS COVID-19 RELIEF
Both Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly favor politicians who support generous COVID-19 relief spending, yet remain deeply polarized...
Political science
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
WHEN USING PYRITE TO UNDERSTAND EARTH'S OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE: THINK LOCAL, NOT GLOBAL
The ocean floor is vast and varied, making up more than 70% of the Earth's surface. Scientists have long used information from sediments...
Earth Sciences
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
CERIUM SIDELINES SILVER TO MAKE DRUG PRECURSOR
Save your silver! It's better used for jewelry than as a catalyst for drugs.
Materials Science
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
AGENTS OF FOOD-BORNE ZOONOSES CONFIRMED TO PARASITISE NEWLY-RECORDED IN THAILAND SNAILS
Parasitic flatworms known as agents of food-borne zoonoses were confirmed to use several species of thiarid snails, commonly found...
Ecology
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
USING NEUTRON SCATTERING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND MILK COMPOSITION
Neutron scattering is a technique commonly used in physics and biology to understand the composition of complex multicomponent mixtures...
Science, General Physics
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
CONSIDERING DISORDER AND COOPERATIVE EFFECTS IN PHOTON ESCAPE RATES FROM ATOMIC GASES
Whilst a great deal of research has studied the rates of photons escaping from cold atomic gases, these studies have used a scalar...
Optics & Photonics
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By Phys.org
- Feb 28, 2021
US DROPS KEY OBSTACLE TO GLOBAL DIGITAL TAX: TREASURY
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told her G20 colleagues Friday that Washington is dropping a push for a controversial provision...
Business