Study: New form of silicon could enable next-gen electronic and energy devices

Study: New form of silicon could enable next-gen electronic and energy devices

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A team led by Carnegie's Thomas Shiell and Timothy Strobel developed a new method for synthesizing a novel crystalline form of silicon with a...
Scientists investigate mining-related deforestation in the Amazon

Scientists investigate mining-related deforestation in the Amazon

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If you're wearing gold jewelry right now, there's a good chance it came from an illegal mining operation in the tropics and surfaced only...
Study: Nanoscale sensors measure elusive water levels in leaves

Study: Nanoscale sensors measure elusive water levels in leaves

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Water regulation in leaves is vital to a plant's health, affecting its growth and yield, disease susceptibility and drought resistance. A breakthrough technology developed by...
Study: Can We Escape the Vortex of Polarization?

Study: Can We Escape the Vortex of Polarization?

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For more than 25 years, Columbia University social psychologist Peter T. Coleman has studied what creates conflict—and what brings peace—around the world. In his...
Study: Ozone-depleting chemicals may spend less time in the atmosphere than previously thought

Study: Ozone-depleting chemicals may spend less time in the atmosphere than previously thought

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MIT scientists have found that ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, stay in the atmosphere for a shorter amount of time than previously estimated. Their study...
Research: A bird rare to the UK ruffles feathers at the University of York

Research: A bird rare to the UK ruffles feathers at the University of York

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The Savi’s Warbler was found during a bird monitoring session on campus. The team were first alerted by its distinctive, almost cricket-like song. The...
Research: How moths find their flame - genetics of mate attraction discovered

Research: How moths find their flame – genetics of mate attraction discovered

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The mysteries of sexual attraction just became a little less mysterious - at least for moths. A team of six American and European research...
Researchers find molecular patterns that may help identify extraterrestrial life

Researchers find molecular patterns that may help identify extraterrestrial life

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Scientists have begun the search for extraterrestrial life in the Solar System in earnest, but such life may be subtly or profoundly different from...
Study: Low temperature physics gives insight into turbulence

Study: Low temperature physics gives insight into turbulence

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A novel technique for studying vortices in quantum fluids has been developed by Lancaster physicists. Andrew Guthrie, Sergey Kafanov, Theo Noble, Yuri Pashkin, George Pickett...
Study: New amphibious centipede species discovered in Okinawa and Taiwan

Study: New amphibious centipede species discovered in Okinawa and Taiwan

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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University and Hosei University have discovered a new species of large, tropical centipede of genus Scolopendra in Okinawa and Taiwan....

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