Studies provide answers about promising 2-D materials

Two-dimensional, layered materials hold great promise for a number of applications, such as alternative platforms for…

An app-based recommendation framework for investor adoption of crypto assets

Consumers regularly choose books, music, travel destinations and other activities based on recommendations by many people…

Well connected through amides

Linking molecular components through amide bonds is one of the most important reactions in research and…

New study identifies bird species that could spread ticks and Lyme disease

Birds play an underrecognized role in spreading tickborne disease due to their capacity for long-distance travel…

How heavy is dark matter? Scientists radically narrow the potential mass range for the first time

Scientists have calculated the mass range for Dark Matter—and it’s tighter than the science world thought. …

Newly discovered fossil named after paleontologist

A newly discovered trace fossil of an ancient burrow has been named after University of Alberta…

Humanizing yeast ORC sheds light on cancer therapy and human development

Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKSUST) and the University of Hong…

Deep-sea plastic accumulations by turbidity currents: NW South China sea

Benthic plastic litter is a main source of pollutants in oceans, but how it disperses is…

Which beverages burst with umami potential?

A fifth basic flavor has crept into our conceptualisation of foods in recent years—umami. In Japanese,…

A vacuum-ultraviolet laser with submicrometer spot for spatially resolved photoemission spectroscopy

If vacuum ultraviolet lasers can be focused into a small beam spot, it will allow investigation…