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Edison's 1879 bulb experiments may have unintentionally produced graphene
- Jan 24, 2026
What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According to a recent publication fr...
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Why do onions and chips keep washing up on England's south coast? Here's the science
- Jan 24, 2026
Over Christmas, vegetables, bananas and insulation foam washed up on beaches along England's southeast coast. They were from 16 containers spilled by...
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General ad campaign for climate action receives more public engagement than tailored approach, study finds
- Jan 24, 2026
Researchers investigating the effectiveness of outdoor ads promoting climate change awareness and action found that a general message of climate emerg...
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Why some messages are more convincing than others
- Jan 24, 2026
What kinds of marketing messages are effective—and what makes people believe certain political slogans more than others? New research from the Univers...
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New nanoparticle technology offers hope for hard-to-treat diseases
- Jan 24, 2026
A newly published Perspective article in Nature Nanotechnology details groundbreaking nanoparticle technology to eliminate harmful, disease-causing pr...
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Microplastics in the atmosphere: Higher emissions come from land areas than from the ocean, study finds
- Jan 24, 2026
The atmosphere is an important transport medium that carries microplastics to even the most remote parts of the world. These microplastics can be inha...
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Bullying tied to higher suicide attempt risk for high school girls
- Jan 24, 2026
A study by CUNY SPH researchers suggests that U.S. high school students who are bullied at school have substantially higher odds of attempting suicide...
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An app that uses drone footage to track plastic litter on beaches is promoting voluntary cleanup in Ireland
- Jan 24, 2026
Plastic pollution is one of those problems everyone can see, yet few know how to tackle it effectively. I grew up walking the beaches around Tramore i...
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Humanity's oldest known cave art has been discovered in Sulawesi
- Jan 24, 2026
When we think of the world's oldest art, Europe usually comes to mind, with famous cave paintings in France and Spain often seen as evidence this was...
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How to get managers to say yes to flexible work arrangements
- Jan 24, 2026
In the modern workplace, flexible arrangements can be as important as salary for some. For many employees, flexibility is no longer a nice-to-have lux...
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Rats demonstrate ability to replay episodic memories in complex experimental settings
- Jan 24, 2026
In a new study Indiana University researchers observed episodic memory in rats to a degree never documented before, suggesting that rats can serve as...
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A year after undermining Bredt's rule, scientists make cage-shaped, double-bonded molecules that defy expectations
- Jan 24, 2026
Organic chemistry is packed with rules about structure and reactivity, especially when it comes to making and breaking chemical bonds. The rules gover...