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Nanotechnology
Scientists enhance local surface plasmon resonance through super-large monkeys of oxide particles
Characterization of oxygen vacancy properties produced by Cu2O1-X superlattice structures and corresponding disordered structures. Credit: Yao Chang The research group, led by Professor Yang Liangbao of the Institute of Physical Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has strengthened local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) by studying cu₂o₁₋ₓ superlattices with oxygen vacancies, and has been able to enhance local surface plasmon…
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Biology
El Niño drought reveals survival advantage of monkeys with strong stress response
Two white-faced capuchin monkeys were spotted holding hands in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Credit: Susan Perry Costa Rican capuchin monkeys that experienced a stronger physiological response to mild drought are better suited to survive even extreme drought, researchers found in a new UCLA-led study. Most research on wildlife and humans focuses on the damage, or “wear and tear,” that stress responses…
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Science
US town on alert after 43 monkeys escape from research facility
Local police described rhesus macaques as ‘difficult’ More than 40 monkeys escaped from a research facility and were on the loose in a small American town Thursday, prompting authorities to warn residents to close their doors and windows. The rhesus macaque, described as “cranky” by police in Yemassee, South Carolina, was reported to have escaped from its enclosure the previous…
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