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New scale for electronegativity rewrites the chemistry textbook
Electronegativity is one of the most well-known models for explaining why chemical reactions occur. Now, Martin Rahm from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has...
Human diet causing ‘catastrophic’ damage to planet: study
The way humanity produces and eats food must radically change to avoid millions of deaths and "catastrophic" damage to the planet, according to a...
60 percent of coffee varieties face ‘extinction risk’
Three in five species of wild coffee are at risk of extinction as a deadly mix of climate change, disease and deforestation puts the...
Water, not temperature, limits global forest growth as climate warms
The growth of forest trees all over the world is becoming more water-limited as the climate warms, according to new research from an international...
New study finds evidence of changing seasons, rain on Titan’s north pole
An image from the international Cassini spacecraft provides evidence of rainfall on the north pole of Titan, the largest of Saturn's moons. The rainfall...
Novel material converts infrared light into visible light
Columbia University scientists, in collaboration with researchers from Harvard, have succeeded in developing a chemical process to absorb infrared light and re-emit it as...
A comprehensive metabolic map for production of bio-based chemicals
A KAIST research team completed a metabolic map that charts all available strategies and pathways of chemical reactions that lead to the production of...
Study defines differences among brain neurons that coincide with psychiatric conditions
It's no surprise to scientists that variety is the very essence of biology, not just the seasoning, but most previous studies of key brain...
Chaos in the body tunes up your immune system
Chaos in bodily regulation can optimize our immune system according to a recent discovery made by researchers at the University of Copenhagen's Niels Bohr...
Researchers discover black hole in our galaxy spinning rapidly around itself
A University of Southampton-led project has shown a black hole spinning near its maximum possible rate around its axis.
The study, funded by the Royal...
Mechanism helps explain the ear’s exquisite sensitivity
The human ear, like those of other mammals, is so extraordinarily sensitive that it can detect sound-wave-induced vibrations of the eardrum that move by...
