Publications by authors named "E A Morrison"
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- The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment is a significant scientific study using a dual-phase xenon chamber located underground in South Dakota to search for dark matter interactions.
- The study extends existing theories to include relativistic effects, providing new constraints on the interactions between weakly interacting massive particles and nucleons based on their electric and magnetic dipole moments.
- Results include 90% confidence level limits on the coupling strength of five different interactions, analyzed over a specific energy range, which advances our understanding in particle physics beyond previous nonrelativistic effective field theories.
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- Phytoplankton composition and biomass were studied in the C-43 Canal of southwest Florida, which receives regulated discharges from Lake Okeechobee, revealing dominance of harmful cyanobacteria during high discharge periods in spring and summer.
- Conversely, during low discharge periods in mid-summer and autumn, phytoplankton biomass decreased, leading to increased dinoflagellate populations, with notable first records of Dinophysis baltica and Parvodinium goslaviense in Florida.
- The findings suggest that managing water discharge rates can significantly impact phytoplankton dynamics and help mitigate harmful algal blooms in the canal and its downstream coastal areas.
Soil microbes are a major source of organic residues that accumulate as soil organic matter, the largest terrestrial reservoir of carbon on Earth. As such, there is growing interest in determining the microbial traits that drive soil organic matter formation and stabilization; however, whether certain microbial traits consistently predict soil organic matter accumulation across different functional pools (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeripheral neuropathic pain is common in patients with peripheral nerve injury and can significantly impact both their function and quality of life. There is a wide variety of non-interventional treatment approaches, including pharmacologic therapy, physical/occupational therapy, modalities (therapeutic, mechanical, thermal, etc.), psychology, and lifestyle modification.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhosphorothioates (PSs) can be essential in stabilizing therapeutic oligonucleotides against enzymatic degradation. However, unless synthesis is performed with stereodefined amidites, each PS introduces a chemically undefined stereocenter, resulting in 2 unique molecules in the final product and affecting downstream analytics and purification. Replacing the second non-bridging oxygen with sulfur results in phosphorodithioate (PS2) linkages, thereby removing the stereocenter.
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