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Charge mosaics and electrostatic discharge

What generates the screeching sound heard during peeling the adhesive tape? This is due to the sequences of “sparks” created between delaminating materials. The recent research results presented by the PAS Institute of Organic Chemistry may help control the potentially harmful electrostatic discharges.

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Scientists can predict when bears will raid beehives

Thanks to satellite images, it is possible to predict when bears will have little food in the forest. Then the risk of bear damages on apiaries increases even 13 times. The latest findings of scientists from the PAS Institute of Nature Conservation and German researchers will help beekeepers to protect their hives.

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Evolution, human migration and vitamin D deficiency

When did organisms learn to synthesize vitamin D? How did its functions change throughout our evolution? How did the changes affect the entire Homo sapiens species? Professor Carsten Carlberg, a world-class vitamin D expert, writes about it in his article in the Nutrients journal.

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