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Picture: (a) Hz, (b) Hr, (c) H? isoamplitude contours (red, positive value; blue, opposite negative value), and (d) magnetic streamlines colored by the H? value.

From Lesbos to Calais, Idoméni, Lampedusa, Calais, Ventimiglia: The number of camps in Europe in 2015-2016 appears to be the most visible sign of what has been called the "refugee crisis".

Fiber networks encompass a wide range of natural and manmade materials. The threads or filaments from which they are formed span a wide range of length scales: from nanometers, as in biological tissues and bundles of carbon nanotubes, to millimeters, as in paper and insulation materials.

Fans enable water strider adaptation Genomes of closely related organisms are similar but contain variations that enable different phenotypes and lifestyles.

Larval recruitment, the transition of pelagic larvae into reef-associated juveniles, is a critical step for the resilience of marine fish populations but its molecular control is unknown.

Compelling evidence suggests that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have potentially harmful effects to the skin.

Optical microscopic view of a cuticle of the Frenelopsis fossil conifer used to reconstruct the atmospheric CO2 concentration in the Cretaceous.