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Breaking up is hard to do: Separation of Fiji and Vanuatu tied to Samoan seamounts
The islands of Fiji and Vanuatu rise from the tropical waters of the South Pacific in…
Wood-eating clams use their poop to dominate their habitat: Study
Deep beneath the waves, tiny clams with shells usually about as big as a pea bore…
When using virtual reality as a teaching tool, context and 'feeling real' matter
A new study by UCLA psychologists reveals that when VR is used to teach language, context…
Artificial intelligence helps Brazilian breeders select desired traits of native fish
If you look at a net full of pacus (Piaractus mesopotamicus), you cannot distinguish with the…
A pressure-sensitive device capable of characterizing gases using structural colors
NIMS, Harvard University and the University of Connecticut have designed and fabricated a simple device capable…
First comprehensive assessment of effectiveness of tertiary treatment processes in removing emerging contaminants
Emerging contaminants (ECs) including pharmaceuticals (PhCs), endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), benzotriazoles (BTRs), benzothiazoles (BTHs) and perfluorinated…
A birefringence-managed normal-dispersion fiber laser delivering energy-tunable chirp-free solitons
Over the past decades, researchers have demonstrated conventional solitons, stretched pulses, self-similar pulses, and dissipative solitons…
Visualization of the deforming atomic wavefunction with attosecond time-resolved photoelectron holography
Revealing the impulsive response of the bound electron to an electromagnetic field is of fundamentally importance…
The value of people's values: Study shows how relational values contribute towards sustainability
In today’s world of excess, human-nature dynamics have become quite distorted and exploitative. Therefore, sustainable and…