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Optics & Photonics Aug 8, 2024

Towards high quality transferred barium titanate ferroelectric hybrid integrated modulator on silicon

Future optical communication and signal processing systems will require high-volume optical links, wherein photonic integrated devices play a key role. Si photonics is currently among the most advanced techniques for realizing ...

Social Sciences Aug 8, 2024

Climate misinformation feels more true through repetition—even if you back climate science

If you consider yourself a climate science supporter, you probably wouldn't think simple exposure to a skeptic's claim could shift your views.

Political science Aug 8, 2024

Poll suggests Republicans who believe Trump won in 2020 expect significant chaos in November

Republicans who believe Donald Trump won the 2020 election are anticipating a much more chaotic election cycle this year than other GOP, Democratic, and independent voters, according to new polling data from the SNF Agora ...

Ecology Aug 8, 2024

Our lakes are teeming with parasites. Why that's good… and bad

If you're a fishing enthusiast, you may have already noticed abnormalities or parasites in the wild fish you catch. In fact, the fish we commonly find in our lakes, such as bass or trout, harbor several species of parasites. ...

Planetary Sciences Aug 8, 2024

Image: Upper Lake Powell area in Utah

Erosion, tectonic uplift, and a human-built dam have all helped shape the Upper Lake Powell area in Utah.

Ecology Aug 8, 2024

Great Koala Count: Aussies urged to track sightings of iconic marsupials

CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, is calling on Australians to record koala sightings in the Koala Spotter app, to help build the most accurate national population count to date.

Earth Sciences Aug 8, 2024

The earliest traces of life on Earth—researchers explore carbon in 3.9-billion-year-old Canadian rocks

The isotopic composition of carbon in iron formations from the Saglek-Hebron Complex in Nunatsiavut (northern Labrador) has been seen as evidence of the earliest traces of life on Earth. But a new study by the University ...

Plants & Animals Aug 8, 2024

Researchers calculate up to a billion birds may die in the US each year due to collisions with windows

A team of ornithologists from the Fordham University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the NYC Bird Alliance, Inc, and the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology has found evidence that far more birds are killed by ...

Ecology Aug 8, 2024

Scientists and rangers share knowledge to restore seagrass

Scientists from The University of Western Australia have partnered with Indigenous rangers on a seagrass restoration project in Gathaagudu (Shark Bay) to help moderate climate change and conserve biodiversity.

Nanophysics Aug 8, 2024

Precise stirring conditions key to optimizing nanostructure synthesis

Stirring allows for homogenization and efficient gas exchange—this fact has been known for decades. Controlling the stirring rate during the nanocluster synthesis is pivotal in achieving nanostructures with well-defined ...

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