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How nature creates forest diversity
Forest ecologists have long sought to understand why so many different species of trees can coexist…
New materials could turn water into the fuel of the future
Combining computational with experimental approaches, researchers identify 12 new materials with potential use in solar fuels…
Bubble-recoil could be used to cool microchips, even in space
The bubbles that form on a heated surface create a tiny recoil when they leave it,…
Brain cells show teamwork in short-term memory
Nerve cells in our brains work together in harmony to store and retrieve short-term memory, and…
Study shows how skates, rays and sharks sense electrical fields
Sharks, rays and skates can hunt for prey hidden in the sandy sea floor by 'listening'…
Fighting blindness: Scientists bring a key protein into focus
Scientists have discovered how a protein called ?2?4 establishes proper vision. To study how this protein…
Cancer ‘hot spots’ in Florida may be associated with hazardous waste sites
Florida has the sixth highest number of hazardous waste sites, known as Superfund sites, in the…
New approach to improving lithium-sulfur batteries
Researchers have demonstrated a new polysulfide entrapping strategy that greatly improves the cycle stability of Li-S…
Cosmic environments and their influence in star formation
Astronomers have performed an extensive study of the properties of galaxies within filaments formed at different…