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Plants & Animals Jun 29, 2023

Elephants that once threatened Rome could help save their descendants

Ivory from an ancient shipwreck off Spain is providing data that might aid conservation of modern elephant populations.

Nanomaterials Jun 28, 2023

Squid-inspired soft material is a switchable shield for light, heat, microwaves

With a flick of a switch, current technologies allow you to quickly change materials from being dark to light, or cold to hot, just by blocking or transmitting specific wavelengths. But now, inspired by squid skin, researchers ...

Nanomaterials Jun 5, 2023

Wearable textile captures energy from body movement to power devices

Nanoscientists have developed a wearable textile that can convert body movement into useable electricity and even store that energy. The fabric potentially has a wide range of applications from medical monitoring to assisting ...

Social Sciences May 31, 2023

Why more cities are hiring 'night mayors' and establishing forms of nighttime governance

Growing up in a small town in Brazil, my daily life was shaped by the rhythms of my family's working hours. My father has been a night shift worker for over three decades at a local factory. We got used to silent days and ...

Agriculture May 8, 2023

Cover crop management: Study finds trade-off between carbon benefits, crop yield

A study led by researchers at the Agroecosystem Sustainability Center (ASC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign quantifies the soil organic carbon (SOC) benefits from cover crops in maize-soybean rotations in Midwestern ...

Optics & Photonics May 4, 2023

Technology enables conversion of mobile phone cameras into high-resolution microscopes

Researchers in Singapore have developed the world's smallest LED (light-emitting diode) that enables the conversion of existing mobile phone cameras into high-resolution microscopes. Smaller than the wavelength of light, ...

Nanomaterials Apr 17, 2023

Novel self-assembled porous yolk-shell NiO nanospheres with excellent electrochromic performance for smart windows

Researchers from Tsinghua University synthesized porous yolk-shell NiO nanospheres (PYS-NiO NSs) via a solvothermal and subsequent calcination process of Ni-MOF. As the large specific surface areas and hollow porous nanostructures ...

Analytical Chemistry Mar 21, 2023

Semiconductor crystals: Molecular teamwork makes the organic dream work

The virus responsible for E. coli infection has a secret weapon: teamwork.

Space Exploration Mar 4, 2023

New results from NASA's DART planetary defense mission confirm we could deflect deadly asteroids

What would we do if we spotted a hazardous asteroid on a collision course with Earth? Could we deflect it safely to prevent the impact?

Nanomaterials Feb 22, 2023

Anti-dust tech paves way for self-cleaning surfaces

Dust is a common fact of life, and it's more than just a daily nuisance—it can get into machinery and equipment, causing loss of efficiency or breakdowns.

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