Nearly 17% of the world's croplands are contaminated with "heavy metals," according to a new study in Science. These contaminants—arsenic, cadmium, lead, and others—may be invisible to the eye, but they threaten food safety ...
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The first super pressure balloon flight of NASA's New Zealand Balloon Campaign reached its float altitude after lifting off from Wānaka Airport, New Zealand, at 10:44 a.m. NZST, Thursday, April 17 (6:44 p.m., Wednesday, April ...
Planetary Sciences
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When the Lyrid meteor shower reaches its peak, it will be spring's first chance to see shooting stars.
Space Exploration
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Can the shape of a crystal really change how well it performs in clean energy technology? A new study says yes—decisively.
Analytical Chemistry
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During morphogenesis—the process by which living organisms take shape—cells collectively position themselves in specific ways, leading to the development of tissues and organs. Being able to recreate aspects of these processes ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Traditionally, magnetic materials have been divided into two main categories: ferromagnets and antiferromagnets. Over the past few years, however, physicists have uncovered the existence of altermagnets, a new type of magnetic ...
Using NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), Indian astronomers have observed an X-ray binary system designated SXP 138. Results of the NuSTAR observations, published March 26 on thearXiv pre-print server, ...
Hidden within sphagnum moss, commonly known as peat moss, is an adsorbent material that can help us combat oil spills. A study by researchers from China presents a new bio-based oil adsorbent derived from sphagnum moss that ...
An international research team led by Mayukh Kumar Ray, Mingxuan Fu, and Satoru Nakatsuji from the University of Tokyo, along with Collin Broholm from Johns Hopkins University, has discovered the anomalous Hall effect in ...
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Up to 17% of cropland worldwide is contaminated with at least one type of toxic heavy metal, posing health risks to up to 1.4 billion people, scientists warned Thursday.
Environment
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