Manganese oxides are natural reactive minerals and widely spread in aquatic and terrestrial environments, affecting the fate of metals (such as As3+ and Cd2+) and organic pollutants (such as phenols and diclofenac) through ...
Biochemistry
Mar 31, 2023
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Astronomer Carl Sagan famously said that there were more stars in the universe than grains of sand on earth.
Astronomy
Mar 28, 2023
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Since time immemorial, humans around the world have gazed up in wonder at the night sky. The starry night sky has not only inspired countless works of music, art and poetry, but has also played an important role in timekeeping, ...
Astronomy
Mar 26, 2023
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With chatbots like ChatGPT making a splash, machine learning is playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives. For many of us, it's been a mixed bag. We rejoice when our Spotify For You playlist finds us a new jam, ...
Ecology
Mar 24, 2023
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ESA's Gaia mission has been collecting data on millions of space objects like stars and asteroids to build an extensive cosmic record. Now, to take it up a notch, it needs your eyes.
Astronomy
Mar 23, 2023
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Researchers have developed a process to turn crab shells into a bioplastic that can be used to make optical components known as diffraction gratings. The resulting lightweight, inexpensive gratings are biodegradable and could ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 22, 2023
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Astronomers on Monday warned that the light pollution created by the soaring number of satellites orbiting Earth poses an "unprecedented global threat to nature."
Astronomy
Mar 20, 2023
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A global mapping project led by University of Queensland researchers has revealed the major stressors placed upon global coastlines by human activity.
Environment
Mar 20, 2023
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Cracking carbon bonds is a notoriously difficult problem, but it may hold the key to generating greener, more sustainable chemicals. A Chinese research team achieved the first visible-light-promoted simultaneous cleavage ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 7, 2023
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For most of human history, the stars blazed in an otherwise dark night sky. But starting around the Industrial Revolution, as artificial light increasingly lit cities and towns at night, the stars began to disappear.
Astronomy
Feb 23, 2023
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