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Report: Economics drives migration from Central America to the U.S.

Dec 2, 2021

A new report about migration, co-authored by MIT scholars, shows that economic distress is the main factor pushing migrants from Central America to the U.S. — and highlights the personal...

One year on this giant, blistering hot planet is just 16 hours long

Dec 2, 2021

Scientists have discovered about 400 hot Jupiters to date. The planet’s orbit is the shortest of any known gas giant to date. Its extremely short orbit is predicted to cause...

Synthetic tissue can repair hearts, muscles, and vocal cords

Dec 2, 2021

Combining knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering, scientists from McGill University develop a biomaterial tough enough to repair the heart, muscles, and vocal cords, representing a major advance in...

Algorithm for mine blasting wins innovation award

Dec 1, 2021

Tuesday 30 Nov 21An algorithm that can analyze large amounts of geological image data and streamline mine blasting won first prize in DTU's accelerator program for start-ups. A concept for...

Mysterious clouds could offer new clues on dark matter

Dec 1, 2021

"The particles, if they exist, have extremely small mass and rarely interact with other matter -- which is one of the key properties that dark matter seems to have. Dark...

HIV diagnoses in Australia lowest since 1980s, but COVID-19 a likely driver

Dec 1, 2021

While the researchers expected HIV diagnoses to continue on a downward trajectory, the decline has almost certainly been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. “While we expected HIV diagnoses to continue...

HKUST Establishes Asia’s first Transnational R&D Consortium on AI Chip Design

Dec 1, 2021

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has established Asia’s first transnational consortium to perform research and development on AI chip design, to help put Hong Kong on...

Miniature grinding mill closes in on the details of ‘green’ chemical reactions

Dec 1, 2021

Knowledge of the structure of these newly-formed materials, which have been subjected to considerable pressures, helps scientists unravel the kinetics involved in mechanochemistry. But they are rarely able to observe...

Omicron Fails to Halt Art Basel Miami as People Crave Normalcy

Dec 1, 2021

(Bloomberg) -- Art Basel Miami Beach kicks off this week, bringing a massive fair and tens of thousands of visitors from around the world to southern Florida just as scientists...

Omicron mutations alarm scientists, but new variant first must prove it can outcompete delta

Dec 1, 2021

When the variant now known as omicron first appeared on a global database of coronavirus genomic sequences, scientists were stunned. Is it more transmissible than the delta variant? Scientists don’t...