| | 6. Machine learning approach leads to discovery of high-performance infrared functional materials19:51[-/+]Категория(?) | Infrared optoelectronic functional materials are essential for applications in lasers, photodetectors, and infrared imaging, forming the technological backbone of modern optoelectronics. Traditionally, the development of new infrared materials has relied heavily on trial-and-error experimental methods. However, these approaches can be inefficient within the extensive chemical landscape, as only a limited number of compounds can achieve a balance of several critical properties simultaneously. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
11. Metals and hormone-disrupting substances threaten sustainable agriculture, water management19:30[-/+]Категория(?) | Metals and hormone-disrupting substances such as estrogens present a genuine risk to the sustainability of agriculture and water management in Europe. This is the conclusion of doctoral research conducted by Chinese environmental scientist Yuwei Jia at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Her research provides new insights into the distribution, availability, and risks associated with these pollutants, while also highlighting shortcomings in current regulations. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
12. Satellite-powered 30-meter map exposes Nanchang's CO2 emissions19:21[-/+]Категория(?) | Researchers from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a novel method for mapping carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions across Nanchang, the capital city of Jiangxi province in eastern China. This study provides a clearer picture of the city's carbon footprint and has been published in the International Journal of Digital Earth. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
13. Study investigates air pollution exposure across South Korea19:14[-/+]Категория(?) | A new study from POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), led by Professor Hyung Joo Lee and integrated Ph.D. student Na Rae Kim, evaluated how well ground monitoring networks represent nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exposure and how the exposure varies by socioeconomic status across South Korea. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
14. Natural enzyme capable of cleaving cellulose could transform biofuel production19:07[-/+]Категория(?) | The deconstruction of cellulose is essential for the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals. But cellulose, the most abundant renewable polymer on the planet, is extremely recalcitrant to biological depolymerization. Although composed entirely of glucose units, its crystalline microfibrillar structure and association with lignin and hemicelluloses in plant cell walls make it highly resistant to degradation. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
15. Bringing superconducting nanostructures to 3D19:02[-/+]Категория(?) | The move from two to three dimensions can have a significant impact on how a system behaves, whether it is folding a sheet of paper into a paper airplane or twisting a wire into a helical spring. At the nanoscale, 1,000 times smaller than a human hair, one approaches the fundamental length scales of, for example, quantum materials. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
16. Stability solution brings unique form of carbon closer to practical application18:54[-/+]Категория(?) | Carbyne, a one-dimensional chain of carbon atoms, is incredibly strong for being so thin, making it an intriguing possibility for use in next-generation electronics, but its extreme instability causing it to bend and snap on itself made it nearly impossible to produce at all, let alone produce enough of it for advanced studies. Now, an international team of researchers, including from Penn State, may have a solution. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
17. First fossil evidence of endangered tropical tree discovered18:52[-/+]Категория(?) | For the first time, scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered, living tropical tree species. The unprecedented find was made in Brunei, a country on the large island of Borneo, and reveals a critical piece of the ancient history of Asia's rainforests, highlighting the urgent need for conservation in the region, according to researchers at Penn State who led the discovery. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
18. Results of the first search for dark photons using a MADMAX prototype18:50[-/+]Категория(?) | While many research groups worldwide have been searching for dark matter over the past decades, detecting it has so far proved very challenging, thus very little is known about its possible composition and physical properties. Two promising dark matter candidates (i.e., hypothetical particles that dark matter could be made of) are axions and dark photons. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
21. Self-assembled dodecahedral nanostructure features 60 metal ions and peptide ligands18:46[-/+]Категория(?) | Controlling the topology and structure of entangled molecular strands is a key challenge in molecular engineering, particularly when attempting to create large nanostructures that mimic biological systems. Examples found in nature, such as virus capsids and cargo proteins, demonstrate the remarkable potential of such architectures. However, methods for constructing large hollow nanostructures with precise geometric control have remained elusive—until now. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
28. Boosting quantum error correction using AI18:09[-/+]Категория(?) | A way to greatly enhance the efficiency of a method for correcting errors in quantum computers has been realized by theoretical physicists at RIKEN. This advance could help to develop larger, more reliable quantum computers based on light. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
29. Five insights about birds in San Francisco's community gardens18:08[-/+]Категория(?) | A community garden in the heart of a city can be an oasis—an island of greenery where people can escape the sounds of traffic, sink their hands into the earth, and connect with the natural world. These spaces can be especially important in lower-income neighborhoods, where historical and ongoing discrimination means people have less access to greenspace and all its benefits: nature's mental health benefits and urban nature in particular. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
30. Wasp mothers have remarkable memory when it comes to feeding their young18:00[-/+]Категория(?) | Digger wasps make a short burrow for each egg, stocking it with food and returning a few days later to provide more. A new study reveals that mother wasps can remember the locations of up to nine separate nests at once, rarely making mistakes, despite the fact nests are dug in bare sand containing hundreds belonging to other females. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
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