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Study suggests hot nights pose greater threat to public health than hot days
Hong Kong has been experiencing hotter summers and more scorcher days in recent years due to…
Hot sulfur breath: Extremophilic archaea provide clues on evolution of sufur metabolism
The use of sulfur compounds to produce energy is one of the most ancient types of…
Deep space mine
Many resources essential to the technology on which we depend are dwindling or are increasingly inaccessible…
Nanoscale imaging of dopant nanostructures in silicon-based devices
When fabricating integrated circuits and different types of silicon-based devices, researchers need to position dopant nanostructures…
Antagonistic genes modify rice plant growth
Scientists at Nagoya University and colleagues in Japan have identified two antagonistic genes involved in rice…
Electrons boost solid-state caloric cooling in hexagonal sulfides
A research team has found a new type of giant barocaloric (BC) material (hexagonal sulfides) and…
Scientists develop air quality sensor that could save the lives of babies and asthma sufferers
Scientists at the University of Sussex have collaborated with an Oxford company, M-SOLV, and a team…
Neural networks show potential for identifying gamma rays detected by the Cherenkov telescope array
With the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) that is currently under construction, researchers hope to observe highly…
Contaminated water sickens nearly 500 in China
Hundreds of people in eastern China have been infected with bacteria which can cause dysentery after…