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Improving soil carbon measurements empowers African farmers
The amount of carbon in farm soils is important to farmers. Soils with high carbon contents…
Dual photoreceptor identified in an oceanic green picoplankton
The discovery by a RIKEN-led team of a single photoreceptor that can detect orange, far-red, and…
The billionaire space race reflects a colonial mindset that fails to imagine a different world
It was a time of political uncertainty, cultural conflict and social change. Private ventures exploited technological…
New salts raise the bar for lithium ion battery technology
Lithium ion batteries are set to take a dominant role in electric vehicles and other applications…
Beating the curse of dimensionality
A partial matching approach can overcome the dimensionality “curse” of continuous measurements over time to yield…
Shape-based model sheds light on simplified protein binding
Can something as simple as shape fully determine whether or not proteins will bind together? Scientists…
Facts, fears and the evolution of masking throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
Do you remember the beginning of the pandemic, when for months a major debate was whether…
Logging increases risk of severe fire for rural and regional towns
Logged forests near regional and rural towns and settlements are at increased risk of increased fire…
Fighting fungal infections: Giant leaps for smart nanotech
They’re roughly the same size as a coronavirus particle, and 1000 times smaller than a human…