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Astronomy Apr 23, 2024

Hubble celebrates 34th anniversary with a look at the little dumbbell nebula

In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA's legendary Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located ...

Polymers Apr 10, 2024

Using CO₂ and biomass, researchers find path to more environmentally friendly recyclable plastics

Modern life relies on plastic. This lightweight, adaptable product is a cornerstone of packaging, medical equipment, the aerospace and automotive industries and more. But plastic waste remains a problem as it degrades in ...

Condensed Matter Apr 10, 2024

Quantum crystal of frozen electrons—the Wigner crystal—is visualized for the first time

Electrons—the infinitesimally small particles that are known to zip around atoms—continue to amaze scientists despite the more than a century that scientists have studied them. Now, physicists at Princeton University ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 26, 2024

Scientists discover safer alternative for an explosive reaction used for more than 100 years

The chemical industry has been using a reaction with explosive chemicals for more than 100 years—now Mülheim scientists have discovered a safer alternative. The Ritter Group of the Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung ...

Biotechnology Apr 25, 2024

Scientists replace fishmeal in aquaculture with microbial protein derived from soybean processing wastewater

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Temasek Polytechnic have successfully replaced half of the fishmeal protein in the diets of farmed Asian seabass with a "single cell protein" ...

Ecology May 1, 2024

Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heat wave roasts Southeast Asia

Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in a reservoir in southern Vietnam's Dong Nai province, with locals and media reports suggesting a brutal heat wave and the lake's management are to blame.

Analytical Chemistry Apr 16, 2024

Research team identifies culprit behind canned wine's rotten egg smell

While it is the fastest growing sector of the wine-packaging market, canned wine faces a few hurdles. It's not considered as elegant as wine in a bottle, and it's not as popular as the formerly maligned "wine bag in a box." ...

Earth Sciences Apr 9, 2024

Heat from El Niño can warm oceans off West Antarctica—and melt floating ice shelves from below

As snow falls on Antarctica, layers build up and turn to ice. Over time, this compressed snow has become a continent-sized glacier, or ice sheet. It's enormous—almost double the size of Australia and far larger than the ...

Mathematics Apr 30, 2024

Too many vehicles, slow reactions and reckless merging: New math model explains how traffic and bacteria move

What do the flow of cars on a highway and the movement of bacteria towards a food source have in common? In both cases, annoying traffic jams can form. Especially for cars, we might want to understand how to avoid them, but ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 22, 2024

Researchers uncover kinky metal alloy that won't crack at extreme temperatures at the atomic level

A metal alloy composed of niobium, tantalum, titanium, and hafnium has shocked materials scientists with its impressive strength and toughness at both extremely hot and cold temperatures, a combination of properties that ...

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