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Other Sciences
Research has discovered that honesty can strengthen romantic relationships despite potential wounds.
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain “Honey, do you think this costume looks good?” Is it the best policy to be honest to ask for a deeper question? The answer of the truth may be offended and may lead to quarrel, but unauthorized people can cause trust problems. Does communicating the truth strengthen or backfires a romantic relationship? Bonnie Le, assistant professor…
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Earth
Seaweed farms show potential for carbon storage that gets better with age
Location of sampled seaweed farms, time elapsed (years) since the start of farming and the size of the harvested area (HA). Credit: Natural Climate Change (2025). doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02238-1 A large team of researchers from diverse backgrounds has found evidence that carbon storage beneath seaweed can accumulate as much carbon as some blue carbon habitats. In their study, published in Nature Climate…
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Nanotechnology
Covalent organic frameworks show great potential for efficient energy transport
Laura Spieth examines one of the COF thin films investigated in the study. Credit: Florian Wolf An interdisciplinary research team from LMU, Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Oxford has used a new spectroscopic technique to investigate the diffusion of excited states in covalent organic frameworks (COFs). These modular materials can be tailored to desired properties through…
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Biology
Plant hormones that help roots reach deeper water offer potential strategy for drought-tolerant crops
Images of watering (left) and water stress (right) – showing changes in root angle to make the building steeper. Credit: University of Nottingham Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems under drought conditions, growing rapidly into the soil to access deeper reservoirs. Plant scientists at the University of Nottingham, in collaboration with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, are investigating…
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Chemistry
Ring-shaped polymer solidifies into glass, offering potential for sustainable materials
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation snapshots of a single ring polymer conformation obtained from a dense melt with N = 1,600 for the four indicated values ​​of bending energy. Different colors indicate different parts of the same ring. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2403964121 When a spider spins a web, the thread starts out as a…
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Environment
How land use change increases China’s carbon sequestration potential
Comparison of China’s Land Use Change Carbon Budget (LULUCF) based on different data sources. Positive values ​​indicate carbon sources and negative values ​​indicate carbon sinks. a. LULUCF carbon flux from 1980 to 2100. b. Multi-year averaged LULUCF carbon fluxes from 1994 to 2018. c. Estimation of China’s forest area based on various data sources. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54846-2…
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Biology
Whales may live much longer than scientists thought, with potential lifespans twice as high as previous estimates
Survival curves show that female right whales can live to very old ages, but humans are causing North Atlantic right whales to die far below their potential. Plotted for comparison is the survival curve for women in the United States as estimated by the Social Security Administration. Credit: Greg Breed Our new research published in the journal Science Advances shows…
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Physics
Leaf resilience to raindrops provides insight into energy harvesting potential
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain To a leaf, a falling raindrop has the same mass as a bowling ball falling on a person. So how do leaves survive? A new study sheds light on the physical dynamics that help leaves react to the effects of raindrops, with potential applications in agriculture and renewable energy harvesting. In the paper “Resonance and damping…
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Chemistry
Neural networks unlock the potential of high-entropy carbonitrides in extreme environments
The crystal structures of high-entropy carbide and carbonitride (TiZrTaHfNb)C0.75N0.25 were simulated at 3000, 3500, 4000, and 4500 K (liquid), respectively. The inset shows the nonmetallic sublattice. Carbon atoms are shown in gray and nitrogen in red. Credit: Alexander Kvashnin et al. Melting point is one of the most important measurements of material properties and informs the potential applications of materials…
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Nanotechnology
Tiny particles, huge potential: Scientists discover new type of quasiparticle present in all magnetic materials
Quasiparticle-mediated dynamics in AFM and FM honeycomb lattices of contracted nanoscale elements. Credit: Physical Review Research (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.043144 Researchers recently made a breakthrough discovery at the nanoscale. It is a new type of quasiparticle that is present in all magnetic materials, regardless of strength or temperature. These new properties challenge what researchers previously knew about magnetism and show that…
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