Did the ancient Maya have parks?
The ancient Maya city of Tikal was a bustling metropolis and home to tens of thousands of people.
Archaeology
Jun 22, 2021
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Nature bites back: Animals push human boundaries
The pandemic and climate change is testing as never before the delicate balance of human co-habitation with the natural world.
Ecology
Jun 22, 2021
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A fiber optic monitoring system for 5G light-powered networks
The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), together with the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV), has patented a multicore fiber optic monitoring system for future use in 5G networks. This system will optimize energy ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 22, 2021
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Exotic superconductors: The secret that wasn't there
A single measurement result is not a proof—this has been shown again and again in science. We can only really rely on a research result when it has been measured several times, preferably by different research teams, in ...
Superconductivity
Jun 22, 2021
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Producing hydrogen using less energy
The way in which a compound inspired by nature produces hydrogen has now been described in detail for the first time by an international research team from the University of Jena, Germany and the University of Milan-Bicocca, ...
Materials Science
Jun 22, 2021
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What Facebook can tell us about dietary choices
Lifestyle changes for demand-side climate change mitigation is gaining more and more importance and attention. A new IIASA-led study set out to understand the full potential of behavior change and what drives such changes ...
Environment
Jun 22, 2021
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How shadow banks have exploited the COVID-19 crisis
Rather than leveling inequality, as the Great Depression did, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities around the world allowing some wealthy investors to benefit from the crisis and make a fortune from the misfortune ...
Economics & Business
Jun 22, 2021
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Actively addressing inequalities promotes social change
People who have contact with other social groups are more likely to be committed to social justice. However, an international study led by the University of Zurich has shown that for this to be the case, power relations and ...
Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2021
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Patents help build a global map of new space industry
Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Russia and Serbia have reviewed almost a thousand patents held by some two hundred organizations involved in the New Space economy. The analysis helped draw a comprehensive picture ...
Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2021
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Using nanoscale 3D printing to create high-resolution light field prints
Wouldn't it be amazing if printed images can look three-dimensional (3D)? Unfortunately, conventional prints like photographs display two-dimensional (2D) images with a fixed appearance as they contain only intensity and ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 22, 2021
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