America's drinking water infrastructure is aging and in serious need of modernization. Pipes are overdue for replacement, and water and wastewater treatment systems need upgrades to deal with new classes of pollutants. Changing ...
Environment
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Two-dimensional materials such as graphene may only be one or two atoms thick but they are poised to power flexible electronics, revolutionise composites and even clean our water.
Nanomaterials
Aug 2, 2017
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Researchers have been able to switch on and study the mechanism some bacteria use to inject toxins into their rivals.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 2, 2017
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Have you ever wondered who collects the clothes you stuff into that donation drop box in your neighborhood? Chances are, you assumed it was a nonprofit, but that box actually may instead belong to a for-profit social venture. ...
Business
Aug 2, 2017
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A recent report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences calls for more attention to language teaching in the U.S. The report notes that U.S. students have much less access to foreign language instruction than students ...
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2017
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Australians want more children than they actually have, according to newly released data collected as part of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey.
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2017
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According to a new study from the University of Vaasa, Finland, creative people want a transformational leader, especially one who uses motivation and intellectual stimulation. Other dimensions of transformational leadership ...
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with Université Paris-Saclay has found evidence suggesting that the planet Venus may once have had an ocean. In their paper published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, the group ...
A research team consisting of Akihiro Okamoto (Senior Researcher, Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials, NIMS), Yoshihide Tokunou (Ph.D. student, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School ...
Materials Science
Aug 2, 2017
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We often think of the internet as a levelling, democratising technology – one that extends access to knowledge, education, cultural resources and markets.
Telecom
Aug 2, 2017
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