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Could we recycle plastic bags into fabrics of the future?
In considering materials that could become the fabrics of the future, scientists have largely dismissed one widely available option: polyethylene.
The stuff of plastic wrap...
Whispers from the dark side: What can gravitational waves reveal about...
The NANOGrav Collaboration recently captured the first signs of very low-frequency gravitational waves. Prof. Pedro Schwaller and Wolfram Ratzinger analyzed the data and, in...
There might be many planets with water-rich atmospheres
An atmosphere is what makes life on Earth's surface possible, regulating our climate and sheltering us from damaging cosmic rays. But although telescopes have...
Twisting, flexible crystals key to solar energy production
Researchers at Duke University have revealed long-hidden molecular dynamics that provide desirable properties for solar energy and heat energy applications to an exciting class...
Wider horizons for highly ordered nanohole arrays
Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new method for making ordered arrays of nanoholes in metallic oxide thin films using a range...
SARS-CoV-2 jumped from bats to humans without much change
How much did SARS-CoV-2 need to change in order to adapt to its new human host? In a research article published in the open...
Zealandia Switch may be the missing link in understanding ice age...
The origins of ice age climate changes may lie in the Southern Hemisphere, where interactions among the westerly wind system, the Southern Ocean and...
Researchers’ computational methods pave the way for next-generation membrane technology for...
Water is perhaps Earth's most critical natural resource. Given increasing demand and increasingly stretched water resources, scientists are pursuing more innovative ways to use...
Oil in the ocean photooxidizes within hours to days, new study...
A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science demonstrates that under realistic environmental...
Scientists sketch aged star system using over a century of observations
Astronomers have painted their best picture yet of an RV Tauri variable, a rare type of stellar binary where two stars -- one approaching...
Extinction cascading through ecosystems could spell trouble for humans
Humans rely on nature extensively for everything from food production to coastal protection, but those contributions might be more threatened than previously thought, according...