Background Difference-in-differences is a method commonly used in population health research. It is based on assumptions that ...

How the proteins in our bodies bind together to form protein complexes plays a critical role in numerous cell functions—staving off diseases, for instance, or transporting ions across cell membranes.

† Center for Chemistry of Novel & High-Performance Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China ‡ State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of ...

where λ is the X-ray wavelength (CuKα radiation and equals to 0.154 nm), θ is the Bragg diffraction angle, and β is the full width half maximum (FWHM) of the XRD peak appearing at the diffraction ...

Precision agriculture, a modern farming and nursery approach, integrates technology with agricultural practices to optimize productivity, sustainability, and profitability. This methodology employs ...

SINGAPORE - Petrochemicals giant Shell is stopping the exploration of two projects in Singapore – a biofuels unit and a Group II base oil plant. The biofuels project would have produced low-carbon ...

This paper investigates a metamaterial cylindrical shell with local resonators for broadband longitudinal wave attenuation. A three-component phononic crystal metamaterial cylindrical shell that opens ...

The design and construction of man-made structures at microscopic scales are one of the key goals of modern nanotechnology. With nature as inspiration, synthetic biological building blocks have ...

Text description provided by the architects. A large shell shaped structure finds itself in the middle of the woods. It is hard to determine what exactly the structure is, and unlike the surrounding ...

Japanese architects ARTechnic have completed Shell, a holiday villa in Karuizawa, Japan. The two-storey, concrete house comprises two tubes with oval sections, arranged around a fir tree. The floor is ...