Harsh environments that are inhospitable to existing technologies could now be monitored using sensors based on graphene. An intriguing form of carbon, graphene comprises layers of interconnected hexagonal rings of carbon ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 22, 2020
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Several coastal communities are picking up the pieces after being ravaged by hurricanes in the past month. Hurricane Laura, a category 4, and Hurricane Sally, a category 2, seemed to meander their way across the Gulf of Mexico ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2020
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An international team of scientists, including researchers from St Petersburg University, has discovered a new genus and species of bug from the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It was named Tatupa grafei and classified ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2020
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In this work, the authors have demonstrated a high external quantum efficiency (EQE) in deep-blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on a new cerium(III) complex Ce-1 as the emitter, which can achieve 100% exciton ...
Materials Science
Sep 22, 2020
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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has joined a new NASA space mission to the far side of the Moon to investigate when the first stars began to form in the early universe.
Astronomy
Sep 22, 2020
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In cosmic comparison, the Sun is a bore. While the brightness of some other stars with similar characteristics fluctuates strongly, the Sun's variations are much more moderate. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for ...
Astronomy
Sep 22, 2020
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Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory met a significant milestone recently by delivering key elements of an ice-penetrating radar instrument for an ESA (European Space Agency) mission to explore Jupiter and its three ...
Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2020
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Due to continual improvements in transportation technology, people travel more extensively than ever before. Although this strengthened connection between faraway countries comes with many benefits, it also poses a serious ...
Mathematics
Sep 22, 2020
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The disruptive inventions that make people go "Wow!" tend to come from research in the heart of cities and not in the suburbs, a new study suggests.
Economics & Business
Sep 22, 2020
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Conservation planning can be greatly improved to benefit human communities, while still protecting biodiversity, according to University of Queensland research.
Ecology
Sep 22, 2020
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