If this heat isn't bad enough, new study says snakebites are another risk
It's hot out there. How hot? Hot enough to scald a lizard. Hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk. Hot enough to make you want to live right.
It's hot out there. How hot? Hot enough to scald a lizard. Hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk. Hot enough to make you want to live right.
Ecology
Aug 8, 2023
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Our ongoing endeavor to venture into outer space demands substantial technological advances across various fields, including materials science. Materials used in the aerospace industry must be lightweight yet mechanically ...
Materials Science
Aug 8, 2023
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LK-99 is the name of the material that is being hotly debated around the world these days: A Korean research group published results at the end of July 2023 on the preprint server arXiv suggesting that it could be a superconductor ...
Condensed Matter
Aug 3, 2023
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A University of Minnesota-led team has, for the first time, engineered an atomically thin material that can absorb nearly 100% of light at room temperature, a discovery that could improve a wide range of applications from ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 2, 2023
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Merons, topological structures based on in-plane magnetized magnetic materials, could have numerous valuable applications, particularly for carrying information or storing magnetic charge. Most past realizations of these ...
Imagine a plastic that is harder than common plastics, non-flammable, and even has self-healing properties. But that is not all—it can be produced at room temperature in water, which is very energy-efficient and does not ...
Polymers
Jul 27, 2023
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Scientists have developed a novel method for storing biological materials such as RNA and proteins in a solid-state. The storage in solid-state resembles the form of a pill or a tablet, which dissolves in water for on-demand ...
Biochemistry
Jul 26, 2023
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Superconductors—found in MRI machines, nuclear fusion reactors and magnetic-levitation trains—work by conducting electricity with no resistance at temperatures near absolute zero, or -459.67°F.
Condensed Matter
Jul 21, 2023
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An international team that includes researchers from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering has created a perovskite solar cell that can stand up to high temperatures for more than 1,500 hours—a ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 20, 2023
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A research group led by Dr. Jialei He of Nagoya University's Graduate School of Engineering has developed a method for processing cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) into micrometer-sized spherical particles.
Materials Science
Jul 14, 2023
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