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Exploring formation of oligomers from reactions of hydroperoxide esters with Criegee intermediates
Hydroperoxide esters, formed in the reactions of carbonyl oxides (also called Criegee intermediates, CIs) with formic…
Auxin and jasmonic acid function synergistically during seed germination
Flowering plants proliferate through sexual reproduction and seed production. Seed germination and subsequent post-germinative growth are…
Meta-optics: The disruptive technology you didn't see coming
Robots and autonomous cars will have eyes that see much more than the human eye is…
Experimentalists: Sorry, no oxygen required to make these minerals on Mars
When NASA’s Mars rovers found manganese oxides in rocks in the Gale and Endeavor craters on…
Hunter-gatherer social ties spread pottery-making far and wide
Analysis of more than 1,200 vessels from hunter-gatherer sites has shown that pottery-making techniques spread vast…
Lost fish find their way, thanks to their 'ancient brain'
A zebrafish swims toward its intended target, but strong currents push it off course. Nevertheless, the…
Rwandan tree carbon stock mapped from above
Researchers at University of Copenhagen have developed a method to map the carbon stock of individual…
Fossils give clues as to how turtles might respond to a warming planet
The distribution of ancient turtles from when the planet was warmer than today is helping scientists…
Collective circular dichroism by chiral plasmonic nanoparticles
Molecular chirality refers to the geometrical property of molecules with broken mirror symmetry. Characterizing molecular chirality…