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MI weekly selection #278

MI weekly selection #278

Weekly Selection

By César Tomé

Earth-sized metal-heavy exoplanet found An exoplanet about the size of Earth, but metal-heavy like Mercury has been discovered about 339 light-years away. Scientists think K2-229 b’s similarities to Mercury could help explain why Mercury’s composition is so different from other planets in our solar system. Space.com MRSA in mice destroyed by new class of antibiotics […]

Our current image of atoms

Our current image of atoms

PhysicsQuantum physics

By DIPC

The wave–particle dualism is a fundamental aspect of quantum mechanics. But, in order to explore this dualism properly and what it means for our image of atoms, it is necessary to review some ideas of probability. In some situations, no single event can be predicted with certainty. But it may still be possible to predict […]

MI weekly selection #277

MI weekly selection #277

Weekly Selection

By César Tomé

Genome structures in baby mice influenced by maternal attentiveness Maternal behavior may affect the genome structures of baby mice. Researchers found more copies of retrotransposon LINE-1 in the hippocampal neurons of baby mice whose mothers were less attentive to their needs than in those whose mothers gave them more attention. The Scientist Enzymes help bees […]