A new study investigates the role of effective capital markets for climate protection and the energy transition. Banks collect savings and make them available as loans and the greater the difference between savings and loan ...
Economics & Business
May 22, 2023
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We have crossed six of the nine boundaries within which human life on Earth will still be possible for future generations. That is not good news. Can the tide still be turned?
Environment
May 17, 2023
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Quantum random number generators (QRNGs) produce genuine randomness based on the inherent unpredictability of quantum mechanics. They have important applications in quantum information processing and computation tasks. In ...
Optics & Photonics
May 17, 2023
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Most of the declining species are farmland birds, where a mix of increasingly industrialized agriculture, habitat loss and the climate crisis are having severe impacts.
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2023
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While people change and learn throughout life, experts recognize that certain formative periods, known as developmental windows, are crucial for acquiring particular skills. For example, using vocalizations and words to interact ...
Social Sciences
May 12, 2023
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A group of researchers led by Andreas Wallraff, Professor of Solid State Physics at ETH Zurich, has performed a loophole-free Bell test to disprove the concept of "local causality" formulated by Albert Einstein in response ...
Superconductivity
May 10, 2023
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A recent study by Tokyo Tech researchers has found that the biofilm-forming bacteria E. coli adheres firmly to hydrophobic and hydrophilic protein-adsorbing self-assembling monolayers (SAMs) and weakly to hydrophilic protein-resisting ...
Biochemistry
May 8, 2023
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Social scientists worry that too often we think only of ourselves.
Social Sciences
May 8, 2023
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What makes a good parent? Most would say a good parent loves and nurtures their child with the ultimate aim of helping them flourish—now and into the future. A good parent will feed their child, give them space to play ...
Environment
May 2, 2023
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Fish aren't impacted by borders, and neither are the subsidized fishing fleets that follow them.
Ecology
May 1, 2023
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