Ukraine and its European partners on Wednesday formally inaugurated a new metal dome encasing the destroyed reactor at the infamous Chernobyl plant, wrapping up a two-decade effort.
Environment
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Organic light-emitting diodes are components that no longer consist of compounds containing the semiconducting material gallium, but of so-called organic compounds in which carbon is a main component. Compared to conventional ...
Optics & Photonics
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Making minor changes to how food is produced, supplied and consumed around the world could free up around a fifth of agricultural land, research suggests.
Environment
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In June, chemical manufacturers converged on Washington, D.C., to urge the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to remove certain chemicals from a new list of tariffs proposed by the Trump administration. The additional ...
Other
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In very hot or cold environments, conventional tape can lose its stickiness and leave behind an annoying residue. But while most people can avoid keeping taped items in a hot car or freezer, those living in extreme environments ...
Nanomaterials
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Physicists at the University of Innsbruck are proposing a new model that could demonstrate the supremacy of quantum computers over classical supercomputers in solving optimization problems. In a recent paper, they demonstrate ...
Quantum Physics
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Research for the benefit of food security: A new line of barley achieves good crop yields even under poor environmental conditions. It has been bred by a research team from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), ...
Biotechnology
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On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced that the U.S. would land astronauts on the moon "before the decade is out."
Space Exploration
Jul 10, 2019
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A plastic bottle becomes a jacket, an aluminum can a bicycle. When consumers are reminded of the products that their recyclables can be turned into they are more likely to recycle, according to researchers at Penn State and ...
Social Sciences
Jul 10, 2019
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Astronomers have spotted a distant pair of titanic black holes headed for a collision.
Astronomy
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