It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean. Long bright days and rising temperatures have awakened the phytoplankton. The spring bloom has begun, ...
Ecology
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A Curtin University-led paper, "The Use of Plastic as a Household Fuel among the Urban Poor in the Global South" published in Nature Cities, has called for action to reduce the burning of plastics for heating and cooking, ...
Environment
Feb 18, 2025
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Researchers have revealed how Staphylococcus aureus bacteria extract iron from hemoglobin—a process crucial to their survival during infections. Using a novel time-resolved X-ray solution scattering (TR-XSS) technique, a ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 18, 2025
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Lobster-eye satellite Einstein Probe captured the X-ray flash from a very elusive celestial pair. The discovery opens a new way to explore how massive stars interact and evolve, confirming the unique power of the mission ...
Astronomy
Feb 18, 2025
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Plants play a key role in regulating Earth's climate, but recent research suggests that rising temperatures could disrupt this balance, because plants are leaking more water than previously thought.
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2025
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Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent as a result of climate change. River floods such as those along the Ahr and Meuse valleys in 2021, the Central European floods of last September and the recent floods in Valencia, ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 18, 2025
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University of Ferrara researchers in Italy have examined how European skin, eye and hair pigmentation evolved over the past 45,000 years. Findings indicate that lighter pigmentation traits emerged gradually and non-linearly, ...
A new type of adhesive that can be cleanly removed from plastic bottles and packaging before disposal could lead to better-quality recycled plastic, a new study has shown.
Polymers
Feb 18, 2025
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A collaborative study published in Nature reveals an innovative strategy to enhance energy storage in antiferroelectric materials.
Condensed Matter
Feb 18, 2025
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A research team affiliated with UNIST has successfully developed a new porous material for the efficient separation of deuterium, a primary fuel for nuclear fusion. The team, jointly led by Professors Wonyoung Cho and Hyunchul ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 18, 2025
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