Hydrogels inevitably undergo dehydration, structural collapse, and shrinkage deformation due to the uninterrupted evaporation in the atmosphere, thereby losing their flexibility, slipperyness, and manufacturing precision.
Polymers
Jan 16, 2024
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Half of the biodiversity in forests is unseen because it lives belowground. These organisms are miniscule in size, but their importance to the ecosystem is enormous.
Ecology
Aug 8, 2023
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Spiders are often maligned for being creepy critters, but they are some of the most environmentally friendly pest regulators. Because they actively feed on flies, moths, mosquitoes and roaches, spiders eliminate parasites ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2023
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This winter's major storms laid down one of the largest snowpacks recorded in California's Sierra Nevada, along with an unusual amount of snow at low mountain elevations.
Earth Sciences
May 25, 2023
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The global 30x30 target aims to protect 30% of the planet by 2030 to secure its biodiversity. This involves legal protection for land and sea areas designated as national parks and nature reserves. Australia has joined more ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 7, 2022
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Arsenic, uranium and other trace elements naturally occur in topsoil across the U.S. Corn Belt, including the Cornhusker State. Crops grown in soils containing elevated levels of those trace elements can absorb them through ...
Agriculture
Nov 24, 2021
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With the upcoming launch of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, identification of conservation targets is essential. However, current global conservation targets focus on biodiversity conservation, ignoring ecosystem ...
Ecology
Oct 15, 2021
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Ecosystems on Earth's land surface support multiple functions and services that are critical for society, like biomass production, vegetation's efficiency of using sunlight and water, water retention and climate regulation, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2021
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Prof. Zeng Zhixiang's team at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a novel magnetic demulsifier with desert beetle-inspired microstructures, ...
Materials Science
Sep 16, 2021
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Ecosystem services (ESs) are the ecological characteristics, functions, or processes that contribute to human wellbeing. Terrestrial ecosystems provide multiple services interacting in complex ways. However, most ecosystem ...
Ecology
Jun 24, 2021
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