Solid-state batteries get a boost with new protective coating
A thin, glass-like layer could be the key to longer-lasting, cost-effective solid-state batteries.
Materials Science
Sep 10, 2025
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Perseverance meets the megabreccia
Last week, the Perseverance rover began an exciting new journey. Driving northwest of the Soroya ridge, Perseverance entered an area filled with a diverse range of boulders that the science team believes could hold clues ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 9, 2025
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Inkjet-style technique developed to produce high-sensitivity biosensors
A research team has successfully developed the technology to fabricate high-sensitive biosensors by simply spraying, like an inkjet printer. The technology enables the fabrication of sensitive and precise sensors without ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 8, 2025
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The Pacific's united front on climate action is splintering over deep-sea mining
In recent years, Pacific island nations have earned global credibility as champions of climate action. Pacific leaders view sea level rise as an existential threat.
Earth Sciences
Sep 1, 2025
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Geoscientists prove for the first time that microplastics are stored in forests
Microplastics and nanoplastics are not only polluting our oceans, rivers and fields, but also our forests, according to geoscientists at TU Darmstadt. Their research is published in Communications Earth & Environment.
Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2025
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EU fertilization targets fall short of halving excess nitrogen in the soil
The high nitrogen pollution in Europe has many negative consequences: nitrogen dioxide and ammonia worsen air quality, nitrogen deposition in soils reduces biodiversity and leads to the eutrophication and acidification of ...
Environment
Aug 26, 2025
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A promising approach for the direct on-chip synthesis of boron nitride memristors
Two-dimensional (2D) materials, thin crystalline substances only a few atoms thick, have numerous advantageous properties compared to their three-dimensional (3D) bulk counterparts. Most notably, many of these materials allow ...
Next-generation nanomaterial unlocks more efficient multidrug screening
Scientists from National Taiwan University have developed a new nanomaterial-based system that dramatically improves the detection of a wide range of psychoactive substances, including emerging designer drugs.
Bio & Medicine
Aug 25, 2025
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Sediment analysis challenges view that rise of plants triggered shift from braided to meandering rivers
A new Stanford study challenges the decades-old view that the rise of land plants half a billion years ago dramatically changed the shapes of rivers.
Earth Sciences
Aug 21, 2025
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Cost-effective method developed for high-entropy alloy film production
A collaborative research team has developed a novel method for forming high-performance high-entropy alloy (HEA) films on various surfaces without using expensive alloy targets. This was achieved using a proprietary rotating ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 20, 2025
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