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Ecology May 7, 2024

How conservationists brought Melbourne's Merri Creek back from pollution, neglect and weeds

I met with a friend for a walk beside Merri Creek, in inner Melbourne. She had lived in the area for a few years, and as we walked beside the creek, past trees, native grasses, a small wetland echoing with frog calls, I talked ...

Nanophysics May 7, 2024

Materials scientists reveal pathway for designing optical materials with specialized properties

While we usually think of disorder as a bad thing, a team of materials science researchers led by Rohan Mishra, from Washington University in St. Louis, and Jayakanth Ravichandran, from the University of Southern California, ...

Archaeology May 2, 2024

Historical data suggest hard knocks to human societies build long-term resilience

Frequent disturbances to human societies boost the ability of populations to resist and recover from subsequent downturns, a Nature paper indicates. The study, which analyzes 30,000 years of human history, has implications ...

Astronomy Apr 30, 2024

Novel calculations peg age of 'baby' asteroid

An asteroid dubbed "Lucy's baby" after a NASA spacecraft discovered it is orbiting another asteroid last November is,, in fact,, a solar system toddler—just 2–3 million years old, a Cornell-led research team estimates ...

Molecular & Computational biology Apr 29, 2024

Quantum fiber optics in the brain enhance processing, may protect against degenerative diseases

The effects of quantum mechanics—the laws of physics that apply at exceedingly small scales—are extremely sensitive to disturbances. This is why quantum computers must be held at temperatures colder than outer space, ...

Social Sciences Apr 24, 2024

Investigating the stereotypes pre-service teachers associate with pupils with special educational needs

In the course of inclusion, teachers are increasingly instructing pupils with special educational needs. Stereotypes regarding these children and adolescents can influence how the teachers deal with them. The DIPF | Leibniz ...

Environment Apr 24, 2024

New research confirms plastic production is directly linked to plastic pollution

A research paper published in Science Advances reveals a direct correlation between plastic production and plastic pollution, such that every 1% increase in plastic production is associated with a 1% increase in plastic pollution ...

Ecology Apr 24, 2024

Australia's tall, wet forests were not open and park-like when colonists arrived—and we shouldn't be burning them

Some reports and popular books, such as Bill Gammage's Biggest Estate on Earth, have argued that extensive areas of Australia's forests were kept open through frequent burning by First Nations people. Advocates for widespread ...

Environment Apr 23, 2024

State's new law involving Puget Sound Energy aspires to set a course for the future

Over the past couple of years, Washington lawmakers have wrestled with a daunting task.

Optics & Photonics Apr 19, 2024

Compact quantum light processing: New findings lead to advances in optical quantum computing

An international collaboration of researchers, led by Philip Walther at University of Vienna, have achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum technology, with the successful demonstration of quantum interference among ...

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