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Uranus, Neptune may be magma worlds, not ice giants
Uranus and Neptune remain two of the most mysterious objects in the solar system, primarily because they have been visited only by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft i...
Proactive employees with high emotional intelligence do a better job, study finds
In many organizations, large hierarchical gaps exist within work teams, raising the question of how frontline employees can strive for upward mobility in their...
Coal pollution reaches one of Earth's most remote mountain regions
The Himalayas are often seen as one of Earth's great natural barriers, separating the heavily populated and industrialized regions of South Asia from the remote...
Why Ho Chi Minh City's pollution sources may have been misread for years
Biomass burning, including the combustion of wood, charcoal and agricultural residues, is a major source of PM2.5, a fine particulate matter that degrades air q...
Clean crystal surface lets single molecules hit ultimate quantum limit
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) have developed a technique for interrogating molecules on surfaces with spectroscopic prec...
Ocean warming above 1.5°C triggered year-round marine disruption across globe, study shows
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) led one of the first global assessments of how marine ecosystems responded during the...
Japan's small cities may face higher care burdens under the compact city policy
As populations decline and age across the developed world, compact city strategies, which oversee the consolidation of urban facilities and guide residents towa...
ROS-producing enzymes guide plant cell division and tissue patterning, gene-editing study shows
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced naturally during cellular metabolism often cause oxidative damage to cells. However, these molecules also play an importa...
Pegasus launch to deploy LINK for months‑long orbit boost of aging Swift
A mission to raise the orbit of NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is poised for launch no earlier than Tuesday, June 30, at 6:23 a.m. EDT (10:23 p.m. UTC+12...
Plasma and graphene combine to protect metal surfaces from corrosion
Plasma is an ionized gas, often referred to as the fourth state of matter. Plasmas, which are created artificially by applying energy to a gas, are found in the...
Glass cells of atoms offer a new path to smarter, cheaper sensors
More accurate navigation systems and improved wireless communications may not come from traditional electronics, but rather from atoms. Researchers at Penn Stat...
Hubble spies ancient 'Chandelier Cluster' forming stars in two bursts
The subject of today's NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is an ancient inhabitant of our galaxy. This sparkling scene features a globular cluster: a collect...