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Predicting efficient oxygen reduction electrodes for ceramic...

Ceramic fuel cells, also known as solid oxide fuel cells, are promising green electrochemical...

Major high street fashion brands reportedly paying below...

Large fashion brands sourcing clothes from Bangladesh for the U.K. market are reportedly...

Study explores 'wicked problem' of COVID-19's impact on...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a "wicked problem" for higher education, argue researchers...

Researchers discover chimpanzee communities have local...

Researchers from the University of St Andrews have found that chimpanzees in two...

Ecosystems in Victoria and Tasmania may be most at risk...

A new study led by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) has shown...

Acorn production cycles found to influence wild boar populations

According to a study published in The American Naturalist on January 6, 2023, sequences...

Hubble gazes at galactic globular cluster NGC 6355

The scattered stars of the globular cluster NGC 6355 are strewn across this image...

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Air quality improvements lead to more sulfur fertilizer use, shows study

Air quality improvements lead to more sulfur fertilizer...

Sulfur, an essential nutrient for plants, was as free as air back in the 1980s,...

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'Smart' coating can be precisely applied to make fabric into protective gear

'Smart' coating can be precisely applied to make fabric...

A durable copper-based coating developed by Dartmouth College researchers can be...

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Ozone layer: how the hole was plugged

Ozone layer: how the hole was plugged

In rare good news for the environment, a UN report confirmed Monday that the hole...

Sea sponge has COVID-blocking powers

UBC researchers have identified three compounds that prevent COVID-19 infection...

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How housing made rich Australians 50% richer, leaving renters and the young behind—and how to fix it

How housing made rich Australians 50% richer, leaving renters...

Compared to the rest of the world, income inequality is not particularly high in...

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Tailoring spatiotemporal dynamics of plasmonic vortices

Tailoring spatiotemporal dynamics of plasmonic vortices

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances discusses tailoring spatiotemporal...

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Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: How Zambia can make the most of it

Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom:...

At last year's US Africa leaders summit in Washington the US signed an historic...

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Nile countries could gain economic benefits from new framework

Nile countries could gain economic benefits from new framework

New research led by The University of Manchester has developed unique river basin...

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Long before Silicon Valley, scholars in ancient Iraq created an intellectual hub that revolutionised science

Long before Silicon Valley, scholars in ancient Iraq created...

Time and again, collaboration has proven to be a key driver of scientific and technological...

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ALMA and JWST reveal galactic shock is shaping Stephan's Quintet in mysterious ways

ALMA and JWST reveal galactic shock is shaping Stephan's...

Shockwaves resulting from the violent collision between an intruder galaxy and Stephan's...

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Supporting minority languages requires more than token gestures

Supporting minority languages requires more than token...

In August 2022, Statistics Canada released the latest census data on languages in...

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Sinking land forces hundreds to leave Indian temple town

Sinking land forces hundreds to leave Indian temple town

Authorities in an Indian Himalayan town have stopped construction activities and...

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Study: Two-thirds of glaciers on track to disappear by 2100

Study: Two-thirds of glaciers on track to disappear by...

The world's glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought,...

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Once in 50,000-year comet may be visible to the naked eye

Once in 50,000-year comet may be visible to the naked eye

A newly discovered comet could be visible to the naked eye as it shoots past Earth...

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Old NASA satellite falling from sky this weekend, low threat

Old NASA satellite falling from sky this weekend, low threat

A 38-year-old retired NASA satellite is about to fall from the sky.

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Coral bleaching causing 'unnecessary' fish fights

Coral bleaching causing 'unnecessary' fish fights

Fish that have lost food due to mass coral bleaching are getting into more unnecessary...

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DNA reveals large migration into Scandinavia during the Viking age

DNA reveals large migration into Scandinavia during the...

We often think of the Vikings as ultimate explorers, taking their culture with them...

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Reducing nitrogen use key to human and planetary health: study

Reducing nitrogen use key to human and planetary health:...

Better management of nitrogen-rich fertilizers through alternating crops, optimizing...

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Strong solar flare erupts from Sun

Strong solar flare erupts from Sun

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 7:57 p.m. EDT on Jan. 5, 2023....

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Researchers uncover key codon repeats regulating chilling tolerance in rice

Researchers uncover key codon repeats regulating chilling...

A recent study by Prof. Chong Kang's group from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese...

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Compound extreme heat and drought will hit 90% of world population

Compound extreme heat and drought will hit 90% of world...

More than 90% of the world's population is projected to face increased risks from...

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Artificial intelligence could aid in evaluating parole decisions

Artificial intelligence could aid in evaluating parole...

Over the last decade, there has been an effort by lawmakers to reduce incarceration...

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Physicists find that organelles grow in random bursts

Physicists find that organelles grow in random bursts

Eukaryotic cells—the ones that make up most life as we know it, including all animals,...

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Brazilian Amazon deforestation up 150% in Bolsonaro's last month

Brazilian Amazon deforestation up 150% in Bolsonaro's last...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose 150 percent in December from the previous...

Expert discusses La Niña and El Niño cycles effects on...

Climate models indicate La Niña is on the way out, with El Niño conditions expected...

Nanomedicines for various diseases are in development,...

Nanomedicines took the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers are using...

Mass production of stone bladelets shows cultural shift...

Analysis of stone tools attributed to the Ahmarian, the first Upper Paleolithic...

Tale of fight to save New England's native rabbit

What is New England without the New England cottontail?

Green jobs are booming, but too few employees have sustainability...

To meet today's global sustainability challenges, the corporate world needs more...

Modern tools reveal the brutality of death by multiple...

A team of researchers from the University of Insubria and the University of Siena,...

Quiet, please: Human noise is interfering with the sex...

Grasshoppers have a bad reputation. They're not popular with gardeners And locusts,...

Ultrathin vanadium oxychloride demonstrates strong optical...

The optical, electrical and mechanical properties of some materials change depending...

New nanowire sensors are the next step in the Internet...

A new miniscule nitrogen dioxide sensor could help protect the environment from...

Brand new toolbox for better gender balance in academia

Vivian Anette Lagesen, a professor at NTNU's Department of Interdisciplinary Studies...

Researchers reveal mechanism of fatigue damage by high...

The relationship between microstructure evolution and property degradation of two...

About 50% of soil-available phosphorus comes from mineral...

Plants need phosphorus to grow. Farmers' use of mineral phosphorus fertilizers has...

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Cooling 100 million degree plasma with a hydrogen-neon mixture ice pellet

Cooling 100 million degree plasma with a hydrogen-neon...

At ITER—the world's largest experimental fusion reactor, currently under construction...

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Indigenous territories and protected areas are key to forest conservation in the Brazilian Amazon, study shows

Indigenous territories and protected areas are key to forest...

A study led by researchers with the Center for Earth Observation and Modeling at...

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Marine plankton tell the long story of ocean health, and maybe human too

Marine plankton tell the long story of ocean health, and...

Using samples from an almost century-old, ongoing survey of marine plankton, researchers...

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US proposes stricter air quality standards for soot

US proposes stricter air quality standards for soot

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed stricter standards on Friday...

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International fusion energy project faces delays, says chief

International fusion energy project faces delays, says...

An international project in nuclear fusion may face "years" of delays, its boss...

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The Pacific Ocean's oxygen-starved 'OMZ' is growing, new research finds

The Pacific Ocean's oxygen-starved 'OMZ' is growing, new...

Areas of low-oxygen water stretch for thousands of miles through the world's oceans....

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New super I-mode obtained on EAST

New super I-mode obtained on EAST

A new plasma operation scenario Super I Mode was discovered and demonstrated on...