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Work from home creates particular challenges for young employees, especially women, study suggests
The COVID public health emergency is over, but work from home definitely isn’t: Forty-one percent of…
Climate impact of natural gas often worse than assumed, shows new calculation model
Heating and cooking with natural gas often has a greater impact on the climate than commonly…
Why is the sky dark at night? The 200-year history of a question that transformed our understanding of the universe
As dawn rose over the German city of Bremen on May 7, 1823, Heinrich Olbers put…
UN adopts 'historic' high seas treaty
The world’s first international treaty to protect the high seas was adopted Monday at the United…
Trojan Horse polymers for a circular economy: New strategy for recyclable polyolefins
It is hard to imagine our daily lives without plastics made out of polyolefins. Unfortunately, practical…
Unlocking the potential of enantioselective catalysis: Advancements in pyrrolidinyl gold(I) complexes
Remarkable strides in the field of enantioselective catalysis have been made by investigating the unique properties…
Metallic bond between two beryllium atoms made for the first time
A quartet of chemists at the University of Oxford has, for the first time, found a…
CERN plans to collaborate with projects for future gravitational-wave observatories
Gravitational waves, like the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, have made their mark on…
Brain receptor patterns separate sensory and cognitive networks, new study finds
An international team of researchers, studying macaque brains, have mapped out neurotransmitter receptors, revealing a potential…