What did COP26 achieve?
COP26, the UN climate conference in Glasgow, wrapped up on Saturday.
Environment
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A way to conduct Birch reductions that does not involve ammonia
A team of chemists at the University of Pittsburgh has developed a new way to conduct Birch reductions that does not require the use of ammonia, thus avoiding a dangerous procedure. In their paper published in the journal ...
Deforestation can raise local temperatures by up to 4.5 degrees Celsius, and heat untouched areas 6 km away
Forests directly cool the planet, like natural evaporative air conditioners. So what happens when you cut them down?
Environment
Nov 16, 2021
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Pollutant emissions in major seaports spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have modeled that pollutant emissions from the shipping sector increased significantly in major international seaports during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Environment
Nov 16, 2021
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Astronomers team up to create new method to understand galaxy evolution
A husband-and-wife team of astronomers at the University of Toledo joined forces for the first time in their scientific careers during the pandemic to develop a new method to look back in time and change the way we understand ...
Astronomy
Nov 16, 2021
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We need to design housing for Indigenous communities that can withstand the impacts of climate change
Remote Indigenous communities in Australia will experience the impacts of climate change disproportionately to the rest of the country.
Environment
Nov 16, 2021
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Previously unknown mode of bacterial growth discovered
Bacteria as unicellular organisms reproduce by dividing their entire organism. In this way, they can multiply particularly quickly, which allows the exponential growth of bacterial populations, also known from pathogens. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 16, 2021
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New material could be two superconductors in one
MIT physicists and colleagues have demonstrated an exotic form of superconductivity in a new material the team synthesized only about a year ago. Although predicted in the 1960s, until now this type of superconductivity has ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 16, 2021
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Research gaps identified for next-generation conservation technologies to reduce biodiversity loss
More investment and support for research into emerging genomic tools for conservation is needed to prevent further biodiversity loss, according to a new paper published in Conversation Genetics.
Ecology
Nov 16, 2021
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Catalyst material exhibits baffling surface state
Sometimes chemical reactions in the lab work the way you imagine them to, and sometimes they don't. Neither is unusual. What is highly unusual, however, is what a research team at TU Wien has now observed when studying hydrogen ...
Materials Science
Nov 16, 2021
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