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Optics & Photonics Aug 7, 2024

Coupling excitons to polaritons for better solar cells and higher intensity LEDs

In solar cells and light-emitting diodes, maintaining the excited state kinetics of molecules against annihilation is a race against time. These systems need to strike a careful balance between different processes that lead ...

Other Aug 7, 2024

Work emails, calls on golf course worsen performance, study finds

Checking your work-related emails or taking business calls while playing golf could prevent you from hitting that elusive eagle or birdie. This is according to a group of researchers from the Department of Information Science ...

Molecular & Computational biology Aug 7, 2024

Scientists take atomic look at a protein complex that grants access to our DNA

To transcribe the information contained in our genes or to repair the dozens of breaks that occur daily in our DNA, our enzymes must be able to directly access the DNA to perform their functions. However, in the cell nucleus, ...

Quantum Physics Aug 7, 2024

After AI, quantum computing eyes its 'Sputnik' moment

Quantum computing promises society-changing breakthroughs in drug development and tackling climate change, and on an unassuming English high street, the race to unleash the latest tech revolution is gathering pace.

Environment Aug 7, 2024

Drones warned New York City residents about storm flooding. The Spanish translation drew mockery

New York City emergency management officials have apologized for a hard-to-understand flood warning issued in Spanish by drones flying overhead in some neighborhoods.

Plants & Animals Aug 7, 2024

Scientists equip Australian sea lions with cameras to explore previously unmapped ocean habitats

What lies deep beneath ocean surfaces is often a mystery. In Australia, many underwater habitats have not been mapped, and researchers know little about them. Now, scientists are working to change that by employing sea lions ...

Plants & Animals Aug 6, 2024

Treatment with smoke can favor seed germination in Brazil's Cerrado biome

For thousands of years, plants have evolved in the presence of wildfires in the Cerrado, Brazil's savanna-like biome. Scientists at São Paulo State University (UNESP) studied the effect of smoke on seed germination for 44 ...

Economics & Business Aug 6, 2024

Study explores why some tech products provide years of continued use while others are quickly discarded

Researchers from Radboud University, University of Galway, University of Melbourne, and University of Wisconsin-Madison have published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines common events during the lifecycle of ...

Social Sciences Aug 6, 2024

Bouncing helps people move in sync during dance, study shows

At concerts, in stadiums, in nightclubs, or during group dances on the beach, what helps people move to the same rhythm the most is bouncing, a simple movement that acts as a facilitator of synchronization among people. This ...

Plants & Animals Aug 6, 2024

Elephants on the move: Mapping connections across African landscapes

Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves. The risk? Contained populations ...

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