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It’s been a mystery why Roman concrete often lasted thousands of years, but ours decays in mere decades. Turns out they incorporated chemicals in a process that induces self-healing; scientists at MIT just figured this all out - in 2022. Extraordinary. news.mit.edu/2023/roman-conc…
Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?

Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?

Researchers have discovered ancient Roman concrete-manufacturing strategies that incorporated self-healing. Applying this knowledge toward modern cement production, they hope to improve the materia...

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Experience a new level of success. In case you needed more reasons to consider relocating.

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My take: We will soon have 2 groups in the US (& eventually the world): the vaccinated & those with the Delta variant If you have access to a vaccine & choose not to take it, you are choosing to get Delta. Delta probably won't kill you, but it might! get vaxxed
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For those of you keeping score at home 26 million Americans are known to have had COVID 420K of them died from COVID 29 million Americans have gotten COVID vaccines 0 have died from COVID vaccines When it comes to generating immunity vaccine > infection Easier, way way safer
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Reports out of @StanfordMed that non-patient facing employees are receiving vaccines before residents and fellows. Only 7 out of >1300 trainees have been vaccinated. Protests underway now. #ThisIsOurShot
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This is Maureen Healy's statement. Mo is Professor and Chair of the History Department at Lewis and Clark. She was injured in the head by a shot fired by federal government paramilitaries while demonstrating peacefully in support of Black Lives Matter. #PortlandMoms #blm #mohealy
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“Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “#flattenthecurve”: washingtonpost.com/graphics/… Here’s how quickly a simulated disease can spread WITHOUT #socialdistancing (“Free-for-All”) ⤵️ #COVID19 1/5
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Bad enough the Russians attacked our democracy. But look at the details of how they weaponized @twitter to divide Americans about vaccines ajph.aphapublications.org/do… #OA by @Broniatowski @gwengineering @mdredze @JHUCompSci @AMJPublicHealth cc @Kasparov63 theguardian.com/society/2018…
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Read & share this beautiful, inspiring story in today’s @washingtonpost about an ALS researcher at @UCSF who was diagnosed with #ALS. It seems like “’the universe is playing a cruel joke on us,’” says Dr. Rahul Desikan. wapo.st/2MspEe7 #ALSResearch #ALSAwareness
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STATISTICS OF THE YEAR: Americans killed annually by All Islamic jihadist terrorists 9 Armed toddlers 21 Lightning 31 Lawnmowers 69 Being hit by a bus 264 Falling out of bed 737 Being shot by another American 11,737 rss.org.uk/RSS/Get_involved/…
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It was a quiet car ride
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The recent passing of Dr Bill Bradley looms large at #RSNA17 His contributions to #MRI innovation shaped neuroradiology
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I believe in Americans and the American dream, but it’s time we wake up.
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The miracle of science is profoundly real when you see people's first expressions of hearing for the first time
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He got hired, divorced, had a baby, and fired in 10 days. Like a fruit fly. #Scaramucci
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BASIC computer language is 53 years old today. Retweet if BASIC was your first computer language? #ThisDayinSTEM bit.ly/2qxeFnU
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Scientific advancement is dependent on immigrants (and H1B visas) and funding. nitter.gq/joshdubnau/status/8548…
Josh Dubnau 🇵🇸 (@joshdubnau) profile pictureJosh Dubnau 🇵🇸@joshdubnau20 Apr 2017
Thanks to @TonyZador for this! We should all make a similar graphic! Immigrants make science great!
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The zebrafish development & organogenesis through optical tomography with selective plane illumination microscopy buff.ly/2p5c9Z4
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"We do need to speak for the facts, because facts don’t speak for themselves.” - @NaomiOreskes at #AAASmtg #standupforscience
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More evidence emerges for 'transmissible #Alzheimers - Nature hotpagenews.com/r/133886
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