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In new research published in Science, the two co-authors of this article and our colleagues have found a force-sensing molecule in nerve cells called ELKIN1, which is specifically involved in detecting gentle touch . This molecule converts gentle touch into an electrical signal, the first step in the process of gentle touch perception . These molecular force sensors form a pore in the surface of the cell that is closed until an electrical current flows . When the cell is indented, the pore opens
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Statistics globally reveal just 15% of engineering graduates, 19% of technology and mathematics and 38 per cent of computer studies are females . Ministry of Women, Children and Social Protection permanent secretary Eseta Nadakuitavuki highlighted this while addressing the Pacific Women in Power panel discussion at USP Laucala Campus .
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2 years ago Read more at The Fiji Times

The Yokohama municipal government signed a deal with Japan Airlines Co. to recycle used cooking oil from households for use as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) This is said to be the first time a local government and JAL have worked together on a project exclusively focused on SAF . The project will launch in mid-March at Aeon Food Style supermarket’s Kamoi branch in Midori Ward .
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2 years ago Read more at The Japan News

UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited a project that is helping the Caribbean nation to combat the effects of coastal erosion and rising seas . While lauding the initiative, he underlined the need for greater solidarity and financial support . ## Climate justice "We must have stronger support from the international community - what we call climate justice - which means adequate financing at low cost, quickly decided .
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We are oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen If we ask ourselves how old our bodies are, we must analyze what a human body actually is . The answer is not simple. Hydrogen atoms are made up of one proton and one electron . And protons appeared in the universe, according to our most recent calculations, a little less than 13.813 billion years ago .
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Unlimited access to C&EN’s daily news coverage on cen.acs.org Weekly delivery of the ACS Magazine in print or digital format . Significant discounts on registration for most ACS-sponsored meetings ACS offers discounts for some countries outside the United States .
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Cailyn Crow from Lufkin High School has impressed regional judges so much that she got a direct invitation to the International Science Fair in Los Angeles . Crow competed at the East Texas Regional Science Fair and thanks to judges who were impressed by her project, she’ll now get to skip the state completion entirely, an honor only given to one project a year .
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In for "Marine Mammal Science, a pair of citizen photographers captured humpback whales mating off the coast of the Hawaiian island Maui . According to the footage shared with Stephanie Stack, the two whales were seen copulating in two sessions that lasted around two minutes each . Scientists say little is known about these gentle giants of the seas .
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'Education Through Monuments' was conceived as an offshoot of CBSE’s implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 . Students converted hundreds of classrooms into temples and dargahs, into stations and markets, courtrooms and palaces . The synthesis of geology and geometry, of physics and particulate matter, of science and spirituality, of architecture and accounting made education come alive, made it applicable and expanding .
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2 years ago Read more at The Times of India

The ice-breaking ship the RV (Research Vessel) Laura Bassi returned to New Zealand waters on Saturday morning after two months in Antarctica's Ross Sea . Their research found that the ocean - the southernmost on the planet - is changing substantially . The changes to the sea-ice indicate that coastal cities will need to be reconfigured because of sea level rise .
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