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Environment
“Climate Farm” Strategy Faces Hurdles: Research reveals the potential for limited carbon capture within safe limits
Optimized global distribution of biomass plantations maximizes carbon dioxide removal. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2025). doi: 10.1038/s43247-025-02033-6 Plant rapidly growing crops, burn them, capture and store released CO2. This is being discussed as a way to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and limit global heating to 1.5 degrees in the long term. However, if this is done on…
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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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Nanotechnology
Scientists develop copper depletion strategy for advanced cuprococcal disease treatment
Credit: Chemical Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04712E A research team from Nanjing University introduced an innovative approach to copper ptosis treatment by depleting copper levels within tumor cells, challenging the current paradigm focused on copper overproduction. The study, published in the journal Chemical Science, uses mesoporous zinc sulfide (ZnS) nanoparticles as “copper nanoconsumers” to efficiently remove copper ions from cancer cells.…
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Space & Cosmos
Big Bang: Trump and Musk could redefine US space strategy
Donald Trump’s interest in space is nothing new, having created the Space Force and launched the Artemis mission to return to the moon during his first term. Should NASA return to the Moon or go straight to Mars? Maintain its focus on climate science or change course? President-elect Donald Trump’s second term could mark a big bang for the U.S.…
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Nanotechnology
New manufacturing strategy improves graphene airgel sensitivity and durability for human-machine interfaces
Graphene airgel shows potential as a high-performance pressure sensor in human-machine interfaces due to its mechanical properties and electrical conductivity. Anisotropic chitosan graphene oxide (CS-GO) airgel metamaterials with highly ordered honeycomb microstructures were synthesized using conventional directional freeze casting. Subsequently, cross-linked chitosan and reduced graphene oxide (CCS-rGO) aerogels with buckled networks achieved by heating and post-crosslinking at 180 °C for…
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Chemistry
New strategy unlocks magnetic switching via hydrogen bonds at the molecular level
By introducing a chiral carboxylic acid as a hydrogen bond donor, the research team induced precise magnetic switching behavior in an assembly of cobalt-iron molecules controlled by temperature changes. Credit: Yoshihiro Sekine, Shinya Hayami, Kumamoto University A research team at Kumamoto University has successfully developed a new approach to create switchable magnetic materials using hydrogen bonds at the molecular level.…
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Science
A new strategy to simulate nonadiabatic dynamics of molecules on metal surfaces
Schematic workflow for nonadiabatic dynamics simulation of a molecule (e.g. CO) on a metal surface. Credit: Prof. Jiang’s team The team proposed a new approach to accurately describe the nonadiabatic dynamics of molecular electron transfer at metal surfaces. Their work was published in Physical Review Letters. Numerous experimental phenomena have demonstrated that nonadiabatic energy transfer is widespread in various interfacial…
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