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- Reducing Rice’s Carbon Footprint https://researchfrontiers.uark.edu/reducing-rices-carbon-footprint/ 8 comments
- Researchers have developed a new drug candidate that kills triple negative breast cancer cells. The discovery will help clinicians target breast cancer cells directly, while avoiding the adverse, toxic side effects of chemotherapy. https://researchfrontiers.uark.edu/new-nano-drug-candidate-kills-aggressive-breast-cancer-cells/ 14 comments science
- Analysis of Paleolithic-era teeth from a 28,500-year-old fossil site in the Czech Republic provides supporting evidence for two groups of canids – one dog-like and the other wolf-like – with differing diets, which is consistent with the early domestication of dogs. https://researchfrontiers.uark.edu/new-study-results-consistent-with-dog-domestication-during-ice-age/ 5 comments science
- Newly Discovered Draft of Descartes’ Meditations Sheds New Light on the Philosopher’s Thoughts and Writing Process https://researchfrontiers.uark.edu/descartes-meditations/ 99 comments philosophy
- Using the Natural Motion of 2D Materials to Create a New Source of Clean Energy - Graphene has naturally occurring ripples that invert their curvature as the atoms vibrate in response to the ambient temperature. Their energy may be collected using existing nanotechnology. https://researchfrontiers.uark.edu/good-vibrations/ 3 comments science