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Social Sciences Dec 1, 2023

Social media ads are littered with 'green' claims. How are we supposed to know whether they're true?

Online platforms are awash with ads for so-called "green" products. Power companies are "carbon neutral." Electronics are "for the planet." Clothing is "circular" and travel is "sustainable." Or are they?

Environment Apr 3, 2023

Capitalizing on climate anxiety: What you need to know about 'climate-washing'

People are increasingly making choices about which products to buy and which service providers to use on climate change grounds. With concerns about climate change now affecting most Australians, businesses that promote climate-aligned ...

Environment Nov 11, 2022

'Toxic cover-up': 6 lessons Australia can draw from the UN's scathing report on greenwashing

The United Nations this week slammed corporate "greenwashing" and said organizations cannot claim to be net-zero while supporting fossil fuel projects.

Cell & Microbiology Feb 3, 2022

Solving puzzles of the chloride ion channel ASOR

The chloride ion channel ASOR is found in almost all cells. But apart from its involvement in cell death, not much is known about its physiological role.

Optics & Photonics Dec 15, 2021

A new concept for high-performance detectors

When the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory turned on the world's first hard X-ray free-electron laser in 2009, it marked the beginning of a new era in science—one where researchers could directly ...

Education Dec 1, 2021

Students who cheat don't just have to worry about getting caught, they risk blackmail and extortion

When students use a commercial contract cheating service, getting caught by their lecturers is just one of many serious consequences that could damage them and those who trust them. They also expose themselves to blackmail ...

Nanomaterials Nov 8, 2021

Materials advancement accelerates the realization of AI technology

Researchers in Korea succeeded in developing a core material for the next-generation neuromorphic (neural network imitation) semiconductor for the first time in the country. This is a result of a research team led by Dr. ...

Nanomaterials Jun 2, 2021

New method developed to improve durability of nano-electronic components, further semiconductor manufacturing

University of South Florida researchers recently developed a novel approach to mitigating electromigration in nanoscale electronic interconnects that are ubiquitous in state-of-the-art integrated circuits. This was achieved ...

Earth Sciences Apr 6, 2021

Doritos, duckies and disembodied feet: How tragedy and luck reveals the ocean's hidden highways

The grisly discovery in February of a disembodied foot on a New South Wales beach was a tragic twist in the mystery of missing Sydney woman Melissa Caddick.

Biochemistry Mar 18, 2021

Cryo-electron microscopic structure of a proton-activated chloride channel named TMEM206

The transmembrane protein 206 abbreviated as TMEM206 is an evolutionarily conserved chloride channel that underlies the ubiquitously expressed, proton-activated, outwardly rectifying anion currents. In a new report now published ...

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