Rice University chemical engineers found an efficient catalyst for destroying PFAS "forever" chemicals where they least expected.
Materials Science
Jul 7, 2020
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The heat is on. And for most of America it'll stay on through the rest of the month and maybe longer, meteorologists say.
Environment
Jul 7, 2020
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COVID-19 has temporarily shuttered many early childhood education centers across the country, shifting full-time child care and teaching responsibilities largely to parents.
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2020
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How can some of world's biggest problems—climate change, food security and land degradation—be tackled simultaneously?
Environment
Jul 7, 2020
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Researchers say a recently discovered species of seaweed is killing large patches of coral on once-pristine reefs and is rapidly spreading across one of the most remote and protected ocean environments on earth.
Ecology
Jul 7, 2020
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Tiny, 3-D printed cubes of plastic, with intricate fractal voids built into them, have proven to be effective at dissipating shockwaves, potentially leading to new types of lightweight armor and structural materials effective ...
General Physics
Jul 7, 2020
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Suitable catalysts are of great importance for efficient power-to-X applications—but the molecular processes occurring during their use have not yet been fully understood. Using X-rays from a synchrotron particle accelerator, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 7, 2020
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Should cannabis be legalized for medicinal purposes or will it remain an illegal drug? This has been discussed in many countries for years—and has been a point of contention for much longer than expected: Already in Mexico ...
Other
Jul 7, 2020
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Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy can be used to visualize structures smaller than 200 nanometers, i.e., below the diffraction limit of light. One of the microscopy techniques, called DNA-PAINT, was developed by Ralf ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 7, 2020
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Imagine placing a rock on a piece of suspended cardboard. If the cardboard is strong and hearty, like the cover of a hardback book, the rock can sit there for a long time and the board will barely flex due to the weight of ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 7, 2020
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