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IOP PUBLISHING LTD2021

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Anthropogenic- and natural sources of dust in peatland during the Anthropocene

Alexandre Buttler, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Mariusz Lamentowicz

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Christoph Merten

Nuclear size changes dynamically during development and has long been observed to correlate with the space surrounding the nucleus, as well as with the volume of the cell. Here we combine an in vitro cell-free system of Xenopus laevis egg extract with micr ...

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Risks and Reliability in a Fully Renewable Switzerland

Michael Lehning, Annelen Kahl, Stuart John Bartlett

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Helmuth Berger

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