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Author

Kwan, Jacklin

Subjects
Electromagnetic waves -- Control, Materials research, Electromagnetic radiation -- Control, Fourth dimension -- Research, Electric waves -- Control, Business, Science and technology, Control, Research
Abstract

Strange new materials that act as "mirrors in time" are proving to be a testing ground for some of the most exotic ideas in physics, finds Jacklin Kwan FOR an [...]

Published
2024

2. Florida ants perform life-saving operations on other ants

Author

Kwan, Jacklin

Subjects
Ants -- Research, Science and technology
Abstract

Onts in Florida perform life-saving surgery on their peers, scientists have discovered. They are only the second animal in the world known to do this, along with humans. The researchers [...]

Published
2024

3. 1.75-billion-year-old fossils provide evidence of photosynthesis

Author

Kwan, Jacklin

Subjects
Photosynthesis, Fossils, Chlorophyll, Science and technology
Abstract

The earliest direct evidence of photosynthesis has been discovered in fossils dating back to 1.75 billion years ago. Scientists collected fossils from Australia, Canada and the Democratic Republic of Congo [...]

Published
2024

4. Mysterious bamboo regeneration baffles scientists

Author

Kwan, Jacklin

Subjects
Scientists, Science and technology, Hiroshima University
Abstract

An unusual species of bamboo is about to flower for the first time in over 100 years, which could enable researchers to find out more about its mysterious regeneration process. [...]

Published
2023

5. Octopuses edit their own RNA to adapt to cold water

Author

Kwan, Jacklin

Subjects
Octopus -- Genetic aspects, RNA -- Physiological aspects, Cold adaptation -- Genetic aspects, Business, Science and technology
Abstract

OCTOPUSES can adapt to changes in temperature by tweaking their genetic code to alter the proteins that are made in their nerve cells. Previous work has shown that cephalopods, such [...]

Published
2023

6. Graphene shows record-breaking magnetic properties

Author

Kwan, Jacklin

Subjects
Graphite -- Magnetic properties, Graphene -- Magnetic properties, Magnetic fields -- Magnetic properties, Business, Science and technology
Abstract

THE ultrathin and strong material graphene is the most magnetoresistant material ever tested. Its unparalleled ability to increase or decrease its electrical resistance in response to a magnetic field could [...]

Published
2023

7. Umbilical blood stem cell transplant puts woman in HIV remission. (Health)

Author

Kwan, Jacklin

Subjects
Fetal blood -- Usage -- Health aspects, Stem cells -- Transplantation, HIV infection -- Care and treatment -- Patient outcomes, Business, Science and technology
Abstract

RECEIVING a transplant of stem cells from umbilical cord blood has caused a mixed-race woman to go into remission for HIV for the first time. The woman, known as the [...]

Published
2023

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