Welcome to this week's edition of the very best from the world of science news. This week, discover the newly uncovered state of matter; the swirlionic state (hint: it's swirly), and get the latest on the Chinese unmanned mission to Mars. ScienceSeeker editors' favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise also cover many other important and exciting topics. Why not have a read, inform yourself, and indulge your scientific curiosity?
- Small animals that carry disease adapt well to our activities by Sriram Devata for Sciworthy.
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| Small animals from disturbed wild land are more likely to adapt to urban environments, and more likely to carry disease. Credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife via Flickr (CC BY ND) |
- Masks can be detrimental to babies' speech and language development by David J. Lewkowicz for Scientific American.
- Teaching online during a pandemic by Grant Golub for LSE Student life blog.
- Growing pains and trust by Amy Csizmar Dalal for This Is What A Computer Scientist Looks Like.
- How you make an adenovirus vaccine by Derek Lowe for Science Translational Medicine.
- Intestinal roundworm cells eat their own DNA as part of a healthy lifecycle by Sree Rama Chaitanya for Massive Science.
- Physicists take another step towards room temperature superconductivity by Thomas Mittiga for Massive Science.
- TWIST (The Week in Science & Technology): February 8-14, 2021 by Mikael Angelo Francisco for FlipScience.
- 10 space pictures that look so good you won’t believe they’re real by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang.
- Blow your own bubble: Forensic application of the oral microbiome by Catherine Allen for Forensic Bites.
- China’s Tianwen-1 mission is now orbiting Mars ahead of landing by Leah Crane at Scientific American.
- Physicists discover new state of active matter by Sci-News.com.
- Weaving a good yarn: Artificial muscles one step closer with carbon nanotube discovery – Lab Down Under by Miklos Bolza for Lab Down Under.
- Extending magnetic manipulation of micromachines to non-magnetic materials by Michael Berger for Nanowerk.
- Energy Management: From Energy Generation to Production by Rohit Imandi for Energy.jo.
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