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Environment
Smoke from the Wildland-Urban Interface is a more fatal fire than a remote wildfire, research finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Smoke from fires that burn the Wildland-urban Interface (WUI) has far greater health effects than smoke from remote wildfires, new research finds. The study, published in Science Advances, estimates Wui fire emissions are about three times more likely to lead to early deaths per year than typical wildfire emissions. This is because fires and associated emissions…
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Nanotechnology
Interface Flexibility: Scientists Discover Key Mechanisms Drive the Formation of Molecular Networks
A diagram of the mechanism of interface flexibility in DNA network PBL EPFL. Credit: PBL EPFL Covalent bonds are a widely understood phenomenon in which atoms of a molecule are joined by covalent electron pairs. But essentially, molecular patterns can also be connected via weaker, more dynamic forces that produce supramolecular networks. These can self-assemble from early molecular clusters or…
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Nanotechnology
Researchers develop miRNA-tunable living interface for neurovascular remodeling
LIFES design. LIFES transmits topographic, piezoelectric, and photopyroelectric signals for cellular modulation, allowing fine-tuning of exosome secretion and promoting neurovascular remodeling. Credit: SIAT A research team led by Dr. Du Xuemin from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, reported a living interface with the unique feature of sustained secretion of bioactive exosomes with tunable content…
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Environment
Ocean surface microlayer: Researchers study ocean-atmosphere interface
Andrew Wozniak, an associate professor at the University of Delaware, co-led a research expedition aboard the university’s research vessel Hugh R. Sharp to study the surface microlayers of the North Atlantic. Here, researchers work with a rosette sampler, a device that uses a shard of glass to collect water samples from the deep ocean. The glass slab is immersed in…
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