Two-dimensional materials made of Group 14 elements, graphene’s cousins, have attracted enormous interest in recent years…
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Scientists develop new technology for extracting non-ferrous and noble metals
Scientists at Russia’s Ural Federal University (UrFU) are working on solving the problem of extracting non-ferrous…
First comprehensive network of wild crop species will help breeders tackle food insecurity
The first comprehensive network of sites where crop wild relatives are found has been developed by…
Interactive quantum chemistry in virtual reality
Scientists from the University of Bristol’s Intangible Realities Laboratory (IRL) and ETH Zurich have used virtual…
How does the nervous system create behavior? Muscle activity map in Hydra gives insight
Accomplishing perhaps a world first, researchers at Columbia University and the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have…
Study shows temperature alters developing nervous system in frogs
Can the environment affect how the spinal cord develops specialized circuitry, or is that process hardwired,…
Producing electricity at estuaries using light and osmosis
Most renewable power technologies are weather dependent. Wind farms can only operate when there’s a breeze,…
Efficient, stable thermoelectric module based on high-performance liquid-like materials
Based on high-performance liquid-like materials, scientists from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy…
These fruit bats trade food for sex
Egyptian fruit bat females living in captivity will consistently take food right from the mouths of…
New leaf shapes for thale cress
Anyone who looks at their bowl of salad or at their garden can see how different…