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Tuned nanocrystals speed light-driven reactions by matching molecular vibrations
Adjusting the size and chemistry of nanocrystals within an ultrathin surface can speed up light-driven chemical reactions, according to a University of Michigan...
Early study connects dogs' cancer survival with their gut microbiome composition
Canine cancer patients receiving a new form of immunotherapy lived longer or shorter depending on the composition of their microbiome, the community of organism...
JWST spots most distant jellyfish galaxy to date
Astrophysicists from the University of Waterloo have observed a new jellyfish galaxy, the most distant one of its kind ever captured. Jellyfish galaxies are nam...
Not all humans are 'super-scary' to wildlife, animal behavior study suggests
Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, alter...
To aficionados, fungi are freaky, mystical and overlooked. They're helping scientists learn more
Jessica Allen crunched through fallen leaves among Manzanita trees hunting for something few have spotted before: the Manzanita butter clump—a rare and little-k...
Intensive grazing and soil fertility favor the growth of non-native plants, drylands study finds
A global study has revealed the conditions under which non-native plants thrive in the world's many dryland regions and the factors that limit their spread. Usi...
Can seagrass survive extreme heat? Exploring how different species withstand elevated water temperatures
Extreme heat can have a devastating effect on seagrass, but new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) could shape how these vitally important marine ecosys...
Beyond 'survival' of fittest: Evolution works in teams
Survival of the fittest. Nature red in tooth and claw. The common view of natural selection is based solely on the individual: A trait allows an organism to out...
Plasma rotation simulations could help fusion reactors survive decades of use
Scientists have long seen a puzzling pattern in tokamaks, the doughnut-shaped machines that could one day reliably generate electricity from fusing atoms. When...
New amplifier design promises less noise, more gain for quantum computers
The low-noise, high-gain properties needed for high-performance quantum computing can be realized in a microwave photonic circuit device called a Josephson trav...
Honey bees navigate more precisely than previously thought
A team from the University of Freiburg led by neurobiologist and behavioral biologist Prof. Dr. Andrew Straw studied the flight behavior of honey bees. Using a...
Is dark energy actually evolving?
Dark energy is one of those cosmological features that we are still learning about. While we can't see it directly, we can most famously observe its effects on...