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Environment
Do you do noise or work on the system? Four ways to create real changes for nature
Credit: CC0 Public domain The ecosystem and species of nature have serious problems. The majority of Australians want more government actions, but they are not delivered. For example, consider the federal government commitment to end extinction through a positive plan of its nature. Alternatively, consider the promises of overhauling the environmental law in Australia and creating a new independent regulatory…
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Chemistry
Scientists create “molecular traps” to remove pollutants from water.
Credit: Manchester University Manchester University scientists have developed new materials that help reduce water pollution caused by harmful chemicals such as the remaining drugs and hygiene products. Water pollution is one of the challenges of the growth of modern life. Many daily items, from drugs to cosmetics, leave residues that are completely disassembled after use. These pollutants often destroy the…
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Chemistry
Heavy dipnictogen chemistry: researchers create heterocycles with multiple antimony atoms
Credit: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2025). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c15626 An international team of chemists has successfully created methylenedistibirane, a three-membered ring with two antimony atoms and one carbon atom. In a paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the group describes how they were able to create the rings using just a three-step process. Methylenedistibilane is…
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Environment
Transition to electric vehicles could create unwanted air pollution hotspots in China and India
Credit: Princeton University, Bumper DeJesus Electric vehicles are a cornerstone of the global energy transition, but a new Princeton University-led study finds that refining critical minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries could create pollution hotspots near manufacturing sites. It has been proven that there is. Researchers focused on China and India and found that if these countries fully domesticated their…
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Nanotechnology
Stabilized ferrocene molecules create the world’s smallest electrically controlled molecular machine
A complex of ammonium-bound ferrocene (Fc-amm) and crown ether is built on a Cu(111) surface, and its sliding motion is activated by hole injection into the ferrocene group using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). . Credit: Toyowa Yamada / Chiba University Artificial molecular machines are nanoscale machines made up of a few molecules and have the potential to transform fields such…
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Chemistry
Biochemists create protocells to investigate how lipids formed the first cell membranes
Credit: Nature Chemistry (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41557-024-01666-y A team of biochemists at the University of California, San Diego, in collaboration with a group of biochemical engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles, discovered that the development of short lipids may have led to the development of early cell membranes. Earth. In a study published in the journal Nature Chemistry, the…
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Physics
Scientists discover promising way to create new superheavy elements
Chart of superheavy elements (SHE) plotted by atomic number (protons) and number of neutrons. Boxes are discovered SHEs with predicted half-lives. The yen is an island of stability. Credit: Wikipedia Commons What is the heaviest element in the universe? Are there an infinite number of elements? Where and how are superheavy elements naturally produced? The heaviest element known to exist…
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Biology
Using endangered grassland species to create beautiful native wildflower meadows in urban centers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Urban roads may seem like an unusual place to preserve endangered grassland species. But my new research shows that plants from these ecosystems can be used to create beautiful, biodiverse urban wildflower meadows. This means that cities can also help restore nature. Species-rich grass ecosystems are among the most endangered plant communities on Earth. Grassy ecosystems…
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Physics
Engineers create chip-based tractor beam for biological particles
Integrated OPA tweezers concept. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52273-x Researchers at MIT have developed a small chip-based “tractor beam” similar to the one seen on the Millennium Falcon in the “Star Wars” movies. This could one day help biologists and clinicians study DNA, classify cells, and investigate disease mechanisms. . The study is published in the journal Nature Communications.…
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Nanotechnology
Researchers create direction-independent magnetic field-sensing nanotube spin qubits
Scanning electron microscopy image shows an atomic force microscope tip with boron nitride nanotubes containing spin qubits. Purdue researchers have developed a technology that detects off-axis magnetic fields with higher resolution than traditional diamond tips. Credit: Purdue University/Tongcang Li Researchers at Purdue University have developed patent-pending one-dimensional boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) containing spin qubits, or spin defects. BNNTs are more…
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