Lancaster University researchers investigating consumer attitudes and behaviors around plastic food packaging have found UK households are 'wishcycling' rather than recycling—and say it's a problem that everyone—government, ...
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Many employees know all too well the feeling of frustration that comes with a chatty customer or coworker who just won't leave you alone at work. But new research from Temple University takes a closer look at the real-world ...
Economics & Business
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Can light itself cast a shadow? It may sound like a philosophical riddle, but researchers have found that under certain conditions, a laser beam can act like an opaque object and cast a shadow. The discovery challenges the ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 14, 2024
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An international team of astronomers has conducted a multiwavelength study of an X-ray binary designated 1eRASS J085039.9-421151. Results of the study, published Nov. 4 on the preprint server arXiv, yield new information ...
Chirality is a property of some molecules, subatomic particles, living organisms and other physical or biological systems. This property entails a lack of mirror symmetry in these systems' underlying structures.
By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, Cornell scientists have started developing a library of basalt-based spectral signatures that not only will help reveal the composition of planets outside ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 14, 2024
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Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major discovery "pulsing with life and color".
Ecology
Nov 14, 2024
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US president-elect Donald Trump's expected climate rollbacks will likely have a "small" impact on global warming, as long as other countries resist the temptation to slacken their own carbon-cutting efforts, new research ...
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Nov 14, 2024
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New York has urged its 8.5 million residents to save water as America's biggest city endures an unprecedented period without significant rainfall, creating potentially dangerous drought conditions and fanning the flames of ...
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Nov 14, 2024
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Typhoon Usagi slammed into the Philippines' already disaster-ravaged north on Thursday, as authorities rushed to evacuate thousands of people from coastal areas.
Environment
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