Leading a double life as both solids and liquids, liquid crystals occupy center stage for creating…
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Tweaks behind the rebirth of nearly discarded organic solar technologies
A solar energy material that is remarkably durable and affordable is regrettably also unusable if it…
Research finds positive community action can help coral reef health
New research has found that positive community action can boost fish numbers in coral reefs and…
Amazon forest regrowth much slower than previously thought
The regrowth of Amazonian forests following deforestation can happen much slower than previously thought, a new…
Pollution league tables for UK urban areas reveal the expected and unexpected
The Bedfordshire town of Luton has come bottom of a league table of predicted city-wide air…
The 'cores' of massive galaxies had already formed 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang
A distant galaxy more massive than our Milky Way—with more than a trillion stars—has revealed that…
Asteroid collisions trigger cascading formation of subfamilies, study concludes
Billions of years ago, asteroid collisions resulted in the ejection of fragments hundreds of kilometers across…
Predatory lacewings do not care whether their prey detoxifies plant defenses or not
Chemical defenses of plants not only affect the growth and development of herbivores, but also, indirectly,…
Research validates new control tactic for herbicide-resistant weeds in US soybean crops
Australian growers have made significant inroads against herbicide-resistance weeds in recent years by focusing on harvest-time…
81 horses culled on Turkish island amid disease outbreak
Authorities have culled 81 horses on an island off Istanbul following an outbreak of a fatal…