A joint research team led by Prof. Wang Hui, Prof. Zhang Xin and Prof. Qian Junchao from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has proposed a new kind of near-infrared-triggered ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 30, 2022
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Weddell seals are excellent divers, and provide so much iron to their pups during lactation that the mothers dramatically limit their own diving and underwater foraging capabilities.
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2022
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Virtually all marine life—fish, turtles, sharks, whales and more—depend on the marine food web for survival. The foundation of this immense flow of energy, however, rests on the shoulders of the microscopic but mighty ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2022
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Scientists have developed an artificial protein that could offer new insights into chemical evolution on early Earth.
Biochemistry
Jul 20, 2022
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On July 8, a glacier collapsed in the mountains of the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan, triggering an avalanche. There was little knowledge of this incident for two days, until it was publicized by foreign tourists who witnessed ...
Environment
Jul 14, 2022
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An archaeological dig at a city park has uncovered what could be the earliest house found in Cardiff.
Archaeology
Jul 14, 2022
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When smoke from the 2019–2020 Australian wildfires billowed across the Southern Ocean, the iron-rich particles it deposited on the ocean triggered an algae bloom bigger than Australia—and it had a rapid and prolonged ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 8, 2022
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Styrene, the chemical used to make polymers and resins used in plastic, disposable containers, latex, synthetic rubber, insulation and more, is ubiquitous to everyday life.
Polymers
Jul 7, 2022
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A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researcher is a part of a team that developed a synthetic way to transform nitrogen into a bioavailable form that could allow for the production of ammonia fertilizer at a much lower cost ...
Biotechnology
Jul 7, 2022
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An interdisciplinary team of biologists, chemists and engineers from the University of Portsmouth have become the first to successfully grow a limpet inspired biomaterial with extreme strength.
Biotechnology
Jul 7, 2022
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