For the first time scientists have created a way to model the interaction between light and twisted molecules, as these molecules transition from left- to right-handed versions, or vice versa. The transitional forms offer ...
Nanomaterials
May 3, 2018
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Researchers from RMIT University have developed a new artificial enzyme that uses light to kill bacteria.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 4, 2018
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Physicists have identified a new state of matter whose structural order operates by rules more aligned with quantum mechanics than standard thermodynamic theory. In a classical material called artificial spin ice, which in ...
Quantum Physics
Apr 2, 2018
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Zooplankton are the foundation of the marine food chain. These tiny organisms provide food and energy to fish, sea birds, and other marine mammals—including the bowhead whale, which feeds exclusively on zooplankton. What ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 10, 2018
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With its new iPhone X, Apple is setting the ambitious goal for itself of reinventing the smartphone, again.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 1, 2017
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Streetlights near waterways attract flying insects from the water and change the predator community living in the grass beneath the lights. The findings, published today in Frontiers in Environmental Science, show that night-time ...
Ecology
Oct 20, 2017
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Artificial light disrupts nocturnal pollination and leads to a reduced number of fruits produced by the plant. This loss of night time pollination cannot be compensated by diurnal pollinators. The negative impact of artificial ...
Ecology
Aug 3, 2017
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Artificial light at night can have a disruptive effect on bats, but not if the light is red. Switching to red light may therefore limit or prevent habitat loss for rare, light-shy bat species. The latest issue of Proceedings ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 2, 2017
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Scientists have recognised for some years that light pollution from buildings, vehicles and streetlights is a growing phenomenon that impacts on the behaviour and success of many animals including migrating birds, hunting ...
Ecology
May 1, 2017
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For the 11th year running, cities worldwide will turn their lights off Saturday to mark Earth Hour in a global call to action on climate change.
Environment
Mar 24, 2017
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