Nanozymes are synthetic materials that mimic the properties of natural enzymes for applications in biomedicine and chemical engineering. Historically, they are generally considered too toxic and expensive for use in agriculture ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 16, 2023
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When you think of an octopus, you might be envious of its eight limbs. After all, there's a lot to be done with eight arms. But scientists are a bit more interested in something else: its skin.
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 13, 2023
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The University of Liverpool is part of a new study that reveals for the first time how particular scents can influence our perception of color.
Other
Oct 13, 2023
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The young offspring of a frog native to Southeast Asia display an "unusual color pattern", probably to camouflage themselves "as animal droppings" to escape predators, according to a study.
Plants & Animals
Oct 12, 2023
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Over the next five years, leaders in the Emerald City will spend millions in federal dollars to green up neighborhoods that lack trees. As Seattle and the surrounding region deal with more frequent extreme heat events, residents ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2023
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Eye spots, color patterns that resemble the eyes of vertebrates, on butterfly wings are common in nature. A research team involving the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) and researchers in Mexico, ...
Evolution
Oct 4, 2023
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Case Western Reserve University physicists are developing ultra-thin optical coatings that could dramatically extend the life of solar panels, as well as improve areas like data storage, or protection against counterfeiting.
Nanophysics
Sep 28, 2023
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Primate species with better color vision are not more likely to have red skin or fur coloration, as previously thought.
Plants & Animals
Sep 21, 2023
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In an exciting discovery, a new species of tarantula with electric blue coloration was found in Thailand.
Plants & Animals
Sep 21, 2023
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A team of paleontologists and ecological scientists from Nanjing University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and University College Cork, has found that it might be possible to estimate coloration for some fossilized insects ...
