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Producing beneficial propylene while consuming a major greenhouse gas
What if a major heat-trapping greenhouse gas could be consumed to produce a valuable chemical that is in short supply? Chemists at the U.S....
Lack of ‘happiness’ hormone makes rice plants less attractive to insects
Inhibiting the production of the 'happiness' hormone – serotonin – in rice plants, increases their resistance to two of the world's most destructive and...
Orbital variations can trigger ‘snowball’ states in habitable zones around sunlike stars
Aspects of an otherwise Earthlike planet's tilt and orbital dynamics can severely affect its potential habitability—even triggering abrupt "snowball states" where oceans freeze and...
Chemists find new way to create lithium metal electrodes for batteries
Researchers at Yale and Donghua University in China have developed a new process for creating lithium metal that may boost the energy and capacity...
Astronomers find fastest-growing black hole known in space
Astronomers at ANU have found the fastest-growing black hole known in the Universe, describing it as a monster that devours a mass equivalent to...
New study finds variations in global warming trend are caused by oceans
New research has shown that natural variations in global mean temperature are always forced by changes in heat release and heat uptake by the...
Scientists’ discovery in Yellowstone ‘extremely relevant’ to origin of life
Montana State University scientists have found a new lineage of microbes living in Yellowstone National Park's thermal features that sheds light on the origin...
World’s fastest water heater—100,000 degrees in under a 10th of a picosecond
Scientists have used a powerful X-ray laser to heat water from room temperature to 100,000 degrees Celsius in less than a 10th of a...
Deeper understanding of quantum chaos may be the key to quantum computers
New research gives insight into a recent experiment that was able to manipulate an unprecedented number of atoms through a quantum simulator. This new...
New evidence for water plumes on Jupiter’s moon, Europa
Scientists presented further evidence Monday for water plumes on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, raising hopes of probing the jets for signs of...
Lead pollution in Greenland ice shows rise and fall of ancient European civilizations
To learn about the rise and fall of ancient European civilizations, researchers sometimes find clues in unlikely places: deep inside of the Greenland ice...
