Metal oxides are abundant in nature and central to technologies such as photocatalysis and photovoltaics. Yet, many suffer from poor electrical conduction, caused by strong repulsion between electrons in neighboring metal ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 8, 2025
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In a study published in Science, a research team led by Prof. Wang Feng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with Prof. Paolo Fornasiero from the University of Trieste ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 4, 2025
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Researchers may have a new tool in the fight to protect neotropical frogs from extinction, thanks to climate data.
Plants & Animals
Aug 14, 2025
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You are the protagonist in a thriller. One morning, an unknown caller with a distorted voice says, "To save your city, solve the puzzle. Go to the coordinates. X marks the clue." You rush to the spot and see an X on a distant ...
The sun periodically ejects huge bubbles of plasma from its surface that contain an intense magnetic field. These events are called coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. When two of these ejections collide, they can generate powerful ...
Astronomy
Feb 24, 2025
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The life of billions of people inhabiting Earth is owed to a temporary organ that supported and nourished them in a mother's womb. The placenta, or afterbirth, is considered sacred by some cultures, its pivotal role in pregnancy ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 5, 2024
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Electric power companies dedicate significant resources to clearing overgrown plants and debris from the area surrounding power lines. These areas are known as electric rights-of-way, and anything that obstructs access to ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 24, 2024
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TU Wien (Vienna) has succeeded in generating laser-synchronized ion pulses with a duration of well under 500 picoseconds, which can be used to observe chemical processes on material surfaces. The work has been published in ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 17, 2024
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The UAB School for a Culture of Peace (Escola de Cultura de Pau, ECP) publishes its Alert 2024! Report on conflicts, human rights and peacebuilding, a study analyzing the state of conflicts and peacebuilding around the world ...
Political science
Jul 29, 2024
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Global sea level rise is accelerating every year due to climate change, and it could threaten the very existence of some coastal bird species.
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2024
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