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The unseen environmental cost of a fleeting film set
- Feb 27, 2026
As you pass the popcorn or settle in to binge a new series, the carbon footprint of the on-screen world is unlikely to be at the front of your mind. B...
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Raincoat no longer waterproof? A textile scientist explains why—and how to fix it
- Feb 27, 2026
You pull on your rain jacket, step out into the storm, and within half an hour your undershirt is soaked. The jacket you purchased as "waterproof" see...
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The screech of peeling sticky tape conceals a rapid train of tiny shockwaves, ultrafast imaging shows
- Feb 27, 2026
A new experiment has uncovered the mechanism responsible for the screeching sound made by peeling sticky tape. Using a combination of ultrafast imagin...
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Why wealth changes how we think about fair prices
- Feb 27, 2026
When it comes to the price of financial services such as loans, mortgages, and insurance, the perception of what is "fair" has a lot to do with how we...
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Fossil amber reveals the secret lives of Cretaceous ants
- Feb 27, 2026
Tiny insects trapped in amber could tell us a great deal about their roles in past ecosystems: pollinators, parasites, predators, and prey. But how ma...
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Study of 40,000 cases links Somalia migration mainly to water scarcity
- Feb 27, 2026
A study published in Nature Food by researchers from the Politecnico di Milano and the University of California at Berkeley provides forward-thinking...
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Using high-energy sparks to degrade pollutants without generating waste
- Feb 27, 2026
A study published in the Chemical Engineering Journal proposes a new approach to environmental remediation of pharmaceutical pollutants in water flows...
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Green turtle nests may bury 'plastic rocks' and endanger the species
- Feb 27, 2026
Even the most remote regions of the globe are not free from plastic pollution. In a study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, researchers from São...
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Carbon-based catalyst can use sunlight to degrade PFAS
- Feb 27, 2026
An international team of scientists led by the University of Bath has developed a new catalyst—a substance that speeds up chemical reactions—that uses...
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New technique spots hidden defects to boost reliability of ultrathin electronics
- Feb 26, 2026
Future devices will continue to probe the frontier of the very small, and at scales where functionality depends on mere atoms, even the tiniest flaw m...
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Mitochondria can reshape lipid storage in cells by repurposing a protein-insertion complex
- Feb 26, 2026
A recent study by the University of Bonn and University Hospital Bonn and the University of Freiburg shows that the mitochondria appear to be able to...
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Undergrads expand the chemical toolbox for cancer drugs
- Feb 26, 2026
Thanks to modern therapies, a cancer diagnosis is no longer an automatic death sentence. But many patients still suffer from unwanted side effects and...