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Second-order nonlinear effects from GaSe-transferred microfibers. Credit: Compuscript Ltd Second-order optical nonlinear effects have received widespread attention from researchers since…
The Eden Geothermal well at the Eden Project in Cornwall, UKEden Geothermal The first new deep geothermal heating plant in…
Robots could use living invertebrates as grippers to help them pick up awkward objects or grasp things underwater. “We don’t…
Black truffles (left) and winter truffles look nearly identical but fetch very different prices. A new study shows that many…
Animals using the most of efficient methods of searching for resources may well pay with their lives, scientists at the…
How did the universe start? Did we begin with a big bang, or was there a bounce? Might the cosmos…
Virginia Tech professor Bill Hopkins preparing to gently return a hellbender back to its underwater home in a Virginia stream…
Wind and solar power has generated more electricity than coal for the first time ever in the U.S, according to…
By comparing the structures of protein complexes from different lineages of the dangerous Lassa virus, a Scripps Research team identified…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Under intense political pressure, the aviation industry has set itself a daunting challenge to decarbonize flying…
The US government could run out of money as early as next week if lawmakers in Washington DC fail to…
There is a massive, mineral-rich region in the Pacific Ocean — about twice the size of India — called the…
A new University of Maryland School of Public Health study reveals how walking strengthens connections within and between three of…
Flying squirrels in China have developed a clever way to hide their nuts — chewing grooves in them so they…
When you hear the word “meteor,” you probably think of so-called shooting stars—the streaks of light that zip across the…
Scientists have made a significant advancement with quantum technologies that could transform complex systems modelling with an accurate and effective…
There are more than 140 species of palm in the genus Pinanga, most of which are small, erect palms that…
Working mechanism and design of SUMIRR-based biosensor. (a) SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) is the target analyte for…
An ancient desert wall in northern Peru was built to protect precious farmlands and canals from the ravages of El…
[]Homo sapiens arrived in Southeast Asia as early as 86,000 years ago, a human shin bone fragment found deep within…
It turns out that if you want to solve a brainteaser, it helps to have a brain. ChatGPT and other…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When John Mestas’ ancestors moved to Colorado over 100 years ago to raise sheep in the…
A material-and-action sequence for strike-a-light firemaking representing planning depth and prospective cognition. Credit: Cambridge Archaeological Journal (2023). DOI: 10.1017/S0959774322000439 Professor…
UV-vis reflectance spectra collected during the irradiation of 13C-acetylene (13C2H2) and 13C-methane (13CH4) ices. (A) 13C2H2 ice irradiated at 10…
Tantalum oxide (TaOx) being characterized using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory Whether it’s baking a cake, building a…
A composition image of diatoms, single-celled algae famous for their ornamental cell walls made of silica. Credit: Daniel Yee Take…
A new study provides novel insight into the benefits of exercise, which should motivate adults to keep moving throughout their…
An illegal mining camp in the Brazilian Amazon, where police and soldiers were deployed to evict gold miners in FebruaryALAN…
For more than a century, the idea of democracy has meant a liberal democracy, where we vote for our leaders…