Permanent magnets akin to those used on refrigerators could speed the development of fusion energy—the same…
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Natural habitat around farms a win for strawberry growers, birds and consumers
Conserving natural habitat around strawberry fields can help protect growers’ yields, their bottom line and the…
Understanding how monomer sequence affects conductance in 'molecular wires'
Researchers in the Schroeder and Moore groups at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have published…
New flood damage framework helps planners prepare for sea-level rise
Scientists agree that sea levels will continue to rise this century, but projections beyond 2050 are…
Researchers find new minor planets beyond Neptune
Using data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES), researchers have found more than 300 trans-Neptunian objects…
Genetics research sheds light on 'dark' portion of genome
Just as there is a mysterious dark matter that accounts for 85 percent of our universe,…
Bumblebees hate pumpkin pollen, which may help pumpkins
When it comes to feeding on pollen, honeybees and bumblebees are generalists. They like a buffet…
ORNL team builds portable diagnostic for fusion experiments from off-the-shelf items
The techniques Theodore Biewer and his colleagues are using to measure whether plasma has the right…
UNT's modern-day alchemist takes first steps toward transforming methane to methanol
Finding a method for large scale, inexpensive transformation of methane into methanol is like turning lead…
A graphene innovation that is music to your ears
Just over 15 years since a couple of researchers in the U.K. used adhesive tape to…