The use of plastics on a daily basis is inherent to modern life. The most produced and utilized family of plastics are polyolefins, which are used in packaging materials, toys, lawn chairs, and extremely strong fibers and ...
Polymers
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Almost 80 years after Scottish botanist Robert Brown described the continuous random motion of microscopic particles in a fluid, Albert Einstein provided a theoretical foundation for this observation. Since then, scientists ...
General Physics
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A new app is giving citizens the power to help scientists understand drying river networks. Developed by the EU-funded DRYvER project, the DRYRivERS app enables citizens to map and report drying cases in rivers and streams.
Environment
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One of the major issues in general relativity that separates it from other descriptions of the universe, like quantum physics, is the existence of singularities . Singularities are points that when mathematically described ...
Quantum Physics
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Groundbreaking discoveries about gravitational waves, black holes, cosmic rays, neutrinos and other areas of cutting-edge astronomy may soon become more frequent due to the convergence of two major communities of astronomers ...
Astronomy
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The United States should undertake a major research program into how the oceans could be artificially harnessed to remove carbon dioxide from the air, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, ...
Environment
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When you think of migration, you probably won't immediately think of dating apps. Yet such apps are important to many migrants, such as those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer or questioning (LGBT+). Researcher ...
Social Sciences
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Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd on June 25, 2021. Since then, calls for police reform haven't been as loud.
Social Sciences
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Exactly 100 years ago tomorrow, a bird that had been relegated to extinction made a comeback. The exquisitely beautiful paradise parrot was rediscovered by Cyril Jerrard, a grazier from Gayndah in Queensland's Burnett district, ...
Plants & Animals
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Brittany Higgins's disclosure of an alleged rape in our nation's most prominent workplace put all Australian employers on notice—they too must act to end violence against women and better support victim-survivors of domestic ...
Social Sciences
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