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Light particle that shouldn't be split surprises physicists
12+ hour, 12+ min ago (263+ words) New oral medication for hair loss surprises in tests with more than 500 participants, uses extended-release minoxidil, shows hair growth four times greater than the placebo, and now raises expectations about when it might reach the market. Europa, Jupiter's icy moon,…...
Bacteria hidden in the freezing waters of Antarctica intrigues scientists by producing a rare compound that targets melanoma cells without affecting healthy tissues.
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (888+ words) A scientific discovery made from Antarctic marine organisms has once again gained international prominence. Researchers from the University of South Florida, in the United States, are studying a bacterium found in an ascidian, a small marine invertebrate that lives attached…...
Gases created to save the ozone layer have become a new global warning: substitutes for CFCs have already released more than 335, 000 tons of a "forever chemical" onto the Earth as invisible rain, contaminating everything from tap water to Arctic ice.
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (753+ words) The data is noteworthy because TFA is treated as a "forever chemical. Lancaster University itself highlights that the replacement of CFCs helped protect the ozone layer but also created a persistent byproduct that was not fully considered when these chemical…...
Researchers present a hydrogen ion battery capable of storing energy in two different forms, an innovative solution that promises to increase the autonomy of renewable systems and simplify energy transportation.
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (876+ words) A team of researchers from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in China has developed a technology that could change the way electricity and hydrogen are stored. The new system functions as a hydride ion (H) battery capable of simultaneously storing…...
The world has bet on green hydrogen as the fuel of the future, but now faces the side effect: producing 1 kilogram requires about 9 liters of ultrapure water, and the largest projects on the planet are precisely in the driest regions of the Earth, where water is already scarce for people.
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (831+ words) The global map of green hydrogen carries a difficult paradox to overcome. The regions with the best potential to produce cheap renewable electricity, with plenty of sun, constant wind, and large available areas, are usually exactly those with the least…...
Unprecedented discovery shows that a molybdenum oxychloride crystal can act as a metal or glass depending on the direction of illumination, breaking scientific paradigms and paving the way for photonic devices with real-time controllable properties.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (759+ words) Science has just recorded a discovery that could influence the future of electronics, telecommunications, and quantum computing. Researchers have precisely mapped the characteristics of Mo OCl, a material known as molybdenum oxychloride crystal, which exhibits an extremely unusual optical behavior:…...
Colombian creates a machine that mimics human lungs, captures CO, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide from the air, and transforms pollution into biodegradable raw material for bags, packaging, and coatings.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (817+ words) Lake Erie began to turn green, and NASA satellites revealed a stain that doubled in a few days: it was neither paint nor dirt, but something gigantic advancing over one of the largest lakes in North America. Nicknamed Pemba, a…...
Four Turkish students use ultrafiltration tubes, charcoal, and washing machines to create a device that reuses up to 90% of laundry water and wins a global prize of $100, 000. - CPG Click Oil and Gas
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1257+ words) Four students from Diyarbakir, in southeastern Turkey, won the The Earth Prize 2023 with the ECaundry, a device created to treat and reuse water discarded by washing machines. Developed by the Delavo team, the solution uses hollow ultrafiltration tubes and carbon…...
16-year-old student transforms shrimp shells into biodegradable plastic and creates a "seafood bag" that doesn't rely on petroleum, uses waste from the fishing industry, and aims to replace packaging that takes centuries to disappear from nature.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (787+ words) According to Angelina's own accounts, the inspiration came after numerous failed attempts to produce a biodegradable plastic using other organic materials. Resident of a municipality in Par" creates a fully functional wooden Jet Ski over 4 meters long, spending less than…...
The plant solved a problem that engineering had been pursuing for decades, and now a doctoral student has copied the chlorophyll trick to create a window that stores solar energy and darkens by itself, but it has not yet left the laboratory.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (819+ words) Nature solved millions of years ago a problem that engineering has pursued for decades, and now science has tried to copy the trick. A doctoral researcher at the University of Turku, in Finland, developed materials inspired by chlorophyll that could,…...