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Credit: University of Texas at Austin Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed an innovative farming system that addresses the issue of overusing fertilizers to improve crop yields and the resulting pollution caused by chemical runoff. This smart farming system utilizes a copper-based hydrogel to capture excess nitrate waste from fertilizers and …
Distribution of disciplines for papers of the randomly selected subset (left panel) and in the top-100 mediatized papers (right panel). AGRI = Agriculture, HEALTH = Health and medical science, NAT = Natural science, PLURI = pluridisciplinary science, HUM = Humanities, SOC-ECO = Social and political science, Economics and Business, TECH-ENER = Technology, engineering, Energy and fuels. Credit: Global Environmental Change (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102675 The planet is experiencing a warming …
Groundbreaking research from Pusan National University focuses on a new calcium-doped ion exchanger that effectively removes radioactive cesium ions from acidic nuclear powerplant wastewater. This innovative adsorbent takes advantage of the excess protons in acidic wastewater to enhance the adsorption of cesium ions. Credit: Kuk Cho from Pusan National University, Korea Nuclear power is widely …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the realm of U.S. elections, a pressing question has been raised regarding the impact of “microtargeting,” which involves tailoring persuasive messages to voters using extensive online data. A newly-published study conducted by MIT scholars challenges the notion that the “micro” aspect of this practice is a game-changer. Instead, the study …
Top-left panel: Numerical calculations of the far-field beam at different polarizations. Bottom-left panel: Schematic view of the pulsed electrical pump and emitted laser beam. Top-right panel: Measured laser spectrum at maximum output. Bottom-right panel: Probed far-field beam profile and polarization-resolved beam profiles. Credit: Song Han, Jieyuan Cui, Yunda Chua, Yongquan Zeng, Liangxing Hu, Mingjin Dai, …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In an article titled “A Meta-analysis of Correction Effects in Science-Relevant Misinformation” published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour,, University of Pennsylvania social psychologists and communication scholars Man-pui Sally Chan and Dolores Albarracín discuss the circumstances under which corrections of science-related misinformation are most effective. They also highlight the characteristics that …
Plantar (underneath) view of feet of a four-toed tapir (left) and a one-toed horse (right) (by Nuria Melisa Morales-García. In the middle, a reconstruction of the extinct three-toed horse Hipparion, by Karolina Suchan-Okulska. Overall design by Morales-García. Credit: University of Bristol The ancestors of modern horses possessed hooved toes rather than a single hoof, which …
Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Around 20% of women who have undergone fertility treatment, such as IVF, are able to conceive naturally after having a baby, according to new research. A comprehensive review …
A man watches the Perseid meteor shower on the Pamir Plateau on August 13, 2021 in Xinjiang Uygur … [+] Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) VCG via Getty Images From June to September, stargazing in the northern hemisphere can be quite challenging, especially in higher latitudes where it remains light …
Levitating droplets. Each of these droplets contains a single viral particle of SARS-CoV-2. The droplets appear as lines due to their rapid movement in an electrodynamic field. Credit: University of Bristol Scientists at the University of Bristol have made critical discoveries about the reasons why airborne viruses lose their infectivity. Their findings, published in the …