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High-tech imaging could improve cultivation of trees essential to Alberta's forestry industry
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High-tech imaging could improve cultivation of trees essential to Alberta's forestry industry

University of Alberta researchers have, for the first time, captured a much better view of what may be contributing to failures in lodgepole pine seed orchards—...

Superconductivity exposes altermagnetism by breaking symmetries, study suggests
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Superconductivity exposes altermagnetism by breaking symmetries, study suggests

How are superconductivity and magnetism connected? A puzzling relation between magnetism and superconductivity in a quantum material has lingered for decades—no...

Microplastics behave differently in aquatic environments depending on whether they are fragments or fibers
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Microplastics behave differently in aquatic environments depending on whether they are fragments or fibers

Researchers led by Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1357 Microplastics at the University of Bayreuth have overturned a common scientific assumption in a new...

Infrared-activated hydrogel uses lysozyme 'nets' to combat resistant bacteria
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Infrared-activated hydrogel uses lysozyme 'nets' to combat resistant bacteria

Each year, bacterial infections are responsible for roughly 7.7 million deaths worldwide, with this problem further exacerbated by rising antibiotic resistance....

Tiny droplets navigate mazes using 'chemical echolocation,' without sensors or computers
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Tiny droplets navigate mazes using 'chemical echolocation,' without sensors or computers

A recent study by a team of researchers led by TU Darmstadt has found that tiny amounts of liquid can navigate their way through unknown environments like livin...

Stacked graphene sandwich reveals switchable memory without traditional ferroelectrics
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Stacked graphene sandwich reveals switchable memory without traditional ferroelectrics

A research team led by Professor Youngwook Kim from the Department of Physics and Chemistry, DGIST, in collaboration with the research team of Professor Gil You...

Stable boron compounds pave the way for easier drug development
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Stable boron compounds pave the way for easier drug development

A major step toward simpler drug development has been taken at the University of Gothenburg. In a new study, researchers have developed stable boron-fluorine co...

Ultra-thin metasurface can generate and direct quantum entanglement
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Ultra-thin metasurface can generate and direct quantum entanglement

Quantum technologies, devices and systems that process, store, detect, or transfer information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, have the potential to outp...

JWST discovers a new extremely metal-poor dwarf galaxy
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JWST discovers a new extremely metal-poor dwarf galaxy

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a new dwarf galaxy, which received designation CAPERS-39810. Further investigation of C...

Niobium's superconducting switch cuts near-field radiative heat transfer 20-fold
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Niobium's superconducting switch cuts near-field radiative heat transfer 20-fold

When cooled to its superconducting state, niobium blocks the radiative flow of heat 20 times better than when in its metallic state, according to a study led by...

How species competition shapes trait diversity worldwide
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How species competition shapes trait diversity worldwide

Every ecosystem is shaped by billions of invisible battles: organisms competing for light, nutrients, space, or mates. These competitive interactions determine...

What a policy restricting mothers' overseas migration in Sri Lanka means for children's health and education
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What a policy restricting mothers' overseas migration in Sri Lanka means for children's health and education

International labor migration plays a vital role in supporting families across low- and middle-income countries, often providing a critical source of income for...

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