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New process enhances thermoplastic blends with polylactic acid

Bio-based thermoplastics are produced from renewable organic materials and can be recycled after use. Their resilience can be improved by blending bio-based thermoplastics with other thermoplastics. However, the interface ...

Researchers probe mechanical properties of silicon carbide

New research from the Ateneo de Manila University could pave the way for more durable versions of silicon carbide (SiC), a semiconductive ceramic material found mostly in space that has applications in everything from computer ...

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Study suggests Jesus's 'miraculous catch of fish' may have had a less-than-miraculous explanation
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Did the world's best-preserved dinosaurs really die in 'Pompeii-type' events?
Archaeology
Fingerprints on ancient terracotta figurines show men, women and children worked on figurines
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How many trees does it take to cool a city? Researchers develop tool to set urban tree canopy goals
Evolution
Sequencing one of the world's oldest trees to learn how mutations occur in clonally reproducing organisms
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Bacteria discovery could accelerate mosquito control schemes
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A physicist and his cat 'reveal' the equation of cat motion
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Scientists decipher two-photon vision
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Mangrove degradation threatens carbon storage in China's Pearl Bay
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Superior light-to-chemical energy conversion with Coulombic dyads

Inspired by nature's photosynthesis, photocatalysts use light to trigger a chemical reaction that would otherwise only occur at high temperatures or under harsh conditions. For this concept to be widely applicable in an economical ...

Discovery unveils new path to ethanol production from CO₂

In a study published in Energy & Environmental Science, researchers from the Interface Science Department at the Fritz Haber Institute have introduced a novel method for converting the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) ...

Steering molecular twisting for hydrogen generation

Researchers from the Faculty of S&T at the University of Twente have developed a novel approach for the design of efficient solar fuel devices. Research performed by graduated Ph.D. student Kaijian Zhu shows that reducing ...

How a failed switch won the Nobel Prize

In 2016, University of Groningen Professor of Organic Chemistry Ben Feringa and two of his colleagues were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for having created "the world's tiniest machines." Feringa had built a light-driven ...