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Global climate change, fueled by skyrocketing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, is siphoning oxygen from today's oceans at an alarming pace -- so...
Making the oxygen we breathe, a photosynthesis mechanism exposed — (research)
Arguably, the greatest fueler of life on our planet is photosynthesis, but understanding its labyrinthine chemistry, powered by sunlight, is challenging. Researchers recently...
Chemical studies show that dust particles originated in a low-temperature environment — (research)
Note: This press release was adapted from an original release by the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu.
Experiments conducted at the Department...
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When bacteria and viruses get into well water and make people sick, often the contamination comes after heavy rain or flooding. In 2000,...
Science: Solar cells combining silicon with perovskite have achieved record efficiency of 25.2 percent...
In the field of photovoltaic technologies, silicon-based solar cells make up 90% of the market. In terms of cost, stability and efficiency (20-22%...
Science: MOF material offers selective, reversible and repeatable capture of toxic atmospheric gas —...
Led by the University of Manchester, an international team of scientists has developed a metal-organic framework material (MOF) that exhibits a selective, fully...
Science: Physicists create new class of 2D artificial materials — (research)
In 1965, a renowned Princeton University physicist theorized that ferroelectric metals could conduct electricity despite not existing in nature.
For decades, scientists thought it...
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Three new members have been isolated and added to the Pandoravirus family by researchers at the Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory (CNRS/Aix?Marseille Université),...
Science: Discovery of the oldest mammal in Brazil pays tribute to David Bowie —...
Brasilestes stardusti is the name given to the oldest known mammal found in Brazil. It lived in what is now the northwest of...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
