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Study shows majority of Ukrainians are ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Trump becoming president
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As Donald Trump begins his second term as U.S. president, a majority of Ukrainians are cautious about Trump becoming president despite great global uncertainty about the impact on the ongoing war. However, research led by the University of Manchester has shown that there is optimism. Together with Russia. The research is part of the project ‘Fluid…
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Chemistry
AI analysis shows chemical research often contains inaccurate mass measurement data
Examples of accurate mass calculations and miscalculations using ChemDraw. Credit: Organic Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03458 AI-powered data analysis tools have the potential to significantly improve the quality of scientific publications. A new study by Professor Matthias Christmann, professor of chemistry at the Free University of Berlin, reveals shortcomings in chemical publications. Christmann analyzed more than 3,000 scientific papers published in…
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Biology
Study shows bird flight paths past two wind farms proposed for Bass Strait
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A world-first study of migratory bird movements across Bass Strait has found the birds are moving directly through areas designated by the federal government for two offshore wind farms. Monash University researchers studying Tasmania’s boob owl have for the first time investigated its flight migration path from Victoria to Tasmania, tracking the birds via satellite and…
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Chemistry
A small sensor that detects toxic gases shows promising results in the lab
a) Schematic diagram of the doping strategy utilizing N2H4 during the hydrothermal synthesis procedure. b) XRD patterns and c) Raman spectra of all three MoS2 showing crystal structures. Credit: Advanced Science (2024). DOI: 10.1002/advs.202410825 A team of scientists at UNSW Sydney has developed a small, highly sensitive sensor that can detect low concentrations of the toxic gas nitrogen dioxide (NO2).…
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Biology
New map shows areas at high risk of whaling vessel collisions – speed limits and route changes for ships could reduce tolls
A blue whale swims near a large ship near the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Credit: Asha de Vos, CC BY-ND Imagine you’re a blue whale swimming along the coast of California every spring. You are looking for krill in the Santa Barbara Channel. While this area is full of fish, kelp forests, seaweed beds, and other underwater life, it…
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Other Sciences
‘Jekyll and Hyde’ leaders cause lasting damage, new study shows
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The only thing worse than an abusive boss is one who thinks he can make up for his misdeeds by turning on a charm the next day. That’s a key finding from a new study by researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology: When leaders vacillate unexpectedly between good and bad behavior, employee morale and job performance…
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Earth
Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, shows clear warning signs ahead of eruption in 2022
People look at lava from Mauna Loa volcano near Hilo, Hawaii, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Credit: AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File Scientists can’t know exactly when a volcano will erupt, but they can spot telltale signs. It happened two years ago at the world’s largest active volcano. About two months before Mauna Loa spewed a river of glowing orange lava, geologists…
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Nanotechnology
Sustainable hydrophobic cellulose shows potential to replace petroleum-related products
Schematic diagram of a hybrid network based on CNF and DFNKF. Residues utilized for functionalization and interaction with CNFs are highlighted. The halogenated derivatives DF(1)NKF and DF(F5)NKF were obtained by replacing Phe at position 2 with the corresponding halogenated amino acid. Credit: Journal of Materials Chemistry B (2024). DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01359J Recent research aims to exploit the mechanical properties and water…
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Nanotechnology
Study shows self-assembly of light-absorbing chiral molecules facilitates singlet fission process
TEM image of aqueous NPs. a) Tc_NP, scale, 100 nm. b) Tc_R-NEA_NP, scale, 200 nm. c) High-resolution TEM of Tc_R-NEA_NPs, scale, 100 nm. Credit: Advanced Science (2024). DOI: 10.1002/advs.202405864 In organic molecules, an exciton is a pair of an electron (negative charge) and its hole (positive charge) bound to a particle. They are held together by Coulombic attraction and can…
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Other Sciences
Most Republican states have made it harder to vote since 2020 – our research shows how successful they are
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In late September, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt boasted that election officials had removed 453,000 people from the state’s voter rolls since 2021. In a state with only 2.3 million registered voters, about 1 in 6 registered voters appears to be a registered voter. It had been purged. Some of these people were disenfranchised due to death…
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