In a pilot-scale study to find alternative raw materials for rigid plastic packages, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland has obtained unprecedented maximum limits of its highly extensible formable cellulose-based webs ...
Polymers
Nov 7, 2023
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In a new study, scientists Stewart Edie of the Smithsonian, Shan Huang of the University of Birmingham and colleagues drastically expanded the list of bivalve species, such as clams, oysters, mussels, scallops and their relatives, ...
Evolution
Aug 15, 2023
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99
Photovoltaics, the conversion of light to electricity, is a key technology for sustainable energy. Since the days of Max Planck and Albert Einstein, we know that light as well as electricity come in tiny, quantized packets ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 14, 2023
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145
From sustainable energy to quantum computers: high-temperature superconductors have the potential to revolutionize today's technologies. Despite intensive research, however, we still lack the necessary basic understanding ...
Superconductivity
May 7, 2020
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881
Neither artificial intelligence nor the metaverse will define the cities of the future. Instead, everything points to it being something as matter of fact as proximity to services. This is what's known as the 15-minute city, ...
Environment
May 10, 2023
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71
As rural masses migrate to urban areas, populations grow, and people work toward better living standards, global food system sustainability is jeopardized, according to a new analysis spanning low- to high-income countries. ...
Environment
Apr 3, 2020
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Scientists at the University of Toronto have successfully tested the use of machine learning models to guide the design of long-acting injectable drug formulations. The potential for machine learning algorithms to accelerate ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 10, 2023
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170
A new global study of Indigenous oyster fisheries co-led by Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History anthropologist Torben Rick and Temple University anthropologist and former Smithsonian postdoctoral fellow Leslie ...
Ecology
May 3, 2022
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199
A new, multi-node FLEET review, published in Matter, investigates the search for Majorana fermions in iron-based superconductors.
Superconductivity
Jun 22, 2022
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89
The benefits of zoos to society and local communities are largely underestimated by the wider population, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2023
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