Plant stomata are pores in the epidermis of plant leaves. They play a key role in regulating the gas-water exchange between the plant and the atmosphere, which enables photosynthesis and transpiration. Stomata have been shown ...
Biochemistry
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It's not at every university that laser pulses powerful enough to burn paper and skin are sent blazing down a hallway. But that's what happened in UMD's Energy Research Facility, an unremarkable looking building on the northeast ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 20, 2023
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Is the inside of a plant cell more like a liquid or a solid? While this may sound like an odd question, research carried out at the University of Amsterdam demonstrates it can be either, depending on how much light you shine ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2023
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Rydberg atoms and molecules are characterized by having one or more electrons in highly excited bound states. Such atoms and molecules are said to be in "Rydberg states" and are also called "hollow" atoms and molecules. Rydberg ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 11, 2023
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When it comes to preserving the world's coral reefs, what's going on above the surface is as important as what's going on below it, according to new research conducted at Penn State.
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2023
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An extensive study at Tel Aviv University's School of Zoology tested the impact of prolonged low-intensity light pollution on two species of desert rodents: the diurnal golden spiny mouse, and the nocturnal common spiny mouse.
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2023
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White LEDs may soon be dethroned as the world's go-to light source by an alternative with a much better sense of direction.
Nanophysics
Dec 21, 2022
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Even though it is over 2,000 years since the ancient Roman road networks were established, there are clear connections between the routes of the roads and modern-day prosperity. In a study in economics, the researchers investigate ...
Archaeology
Nov 15, 2022
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One of the smallest and mightiest organisms on the planet is a plant-like bacterium known to marine biologists as Prochlorococcus. The green-tinted microbe measures less than a micron across, and its populations suffuse through ...
Ecology
Nov 3, 2022
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Spectrometers are widely used throughout industry and research to detect and analyze light. Spectrometers measure the spectrum of light—its strength at different wavelengths, like the colors in a rainbow—and are an essential ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 20, 2022
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