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Urban magnetic fields reveal clues about energy efficiency, pollution

Solar-biomass hybrid system satisfies home heating requirements in winter

Engineers boost signals from fluorescent sensors

Eye-movement tracking glasses are used to evaluate mental stress in first naturalistic study of critical care nurses

New insights into the movement of pine cone scales

Oil spill remediation: Research confirms effectiveness of oil dispersants

Injured human liver treated for 3 days in a machine and then successfully transplanted

Photonics: Quest for elusive monolayers just got a lot simpler

Scientists use AI to update data vegetation maps for improved wildfire forecasts

Researchers investigate the links between facial recognition and Alzheimer's disease

Multi-spin flips and a pathway to efficient ising machines

A new arrangement: Using quantum dots to quench the smallest ferrimagnetism

Ultrasound-guided microbubbles boost immunotherapy efficacy

New light-powered catalysts could aid in manufacturing

Revisiting the history of CPT theorem

New gels could help the medicine go down

New route to build materials out of tiny particles

New type of extremely reactive substance in the atmosphere

Toward error-free quantum computing

Helping submersibles navigate more safely in shallow water

Discovery offers starting point for better gene-editing tools

How to tie-dye cotton with acorns and rust

Autonomous underwater imaging: Faster and more accurate

Hydrogen production method opens up clean energy possibilities

Chemists' HAT trick for greener chemical synthesis

Artificial cilia could someday power diagnostic devices

Physicist uses intuition, supercomputers to identify new high-temperature superconductor

Researchers teleport quantum information across rudimentary quantum network

Developing next-generation superconducting cables

Scientists use quantum computers to simulate quantum materials

Secret to treating 'Achilles' heel' of alternatives to silicon solar panels revealed

Hubble reaches new milestone in mystery of universe's expansion rate

Scientists make plastic more degradable under UV light

Significant energy savings using neuromorphic hardware

Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict Life-Threatening Bacterial Disease in Dogs

'I don't even remember what I read': People enter a 'dissociative state' when using social media

The limits of vision: Seeing shadows in the dark

A family of termites has been traversing the world's oceans for millions of years

Long-hypothesized 'next generation wonder material' created

PFAS chemicals do not last forever

Climate change likely to reduce the amount of sleep that people get per year

Ancient tooth unlocks mystery of Denisovans in Asia

Spinning is key for line-dancing electrons in iron selenide

Charging a green future: Latest advancement in lithium-ion batteries could make them ubiquitous

Interplay between charge order and superconductivity at nanoscale

Unraveling a perplexing explosive process that occurs throughout the universe

Researchers unveil a secret of stronger metals

Deciphering the biosynthetic gene cluster for potent freshwater toxin

PFAS chemicals do not last forever

Mixing laser- and x-ray-beams

Neuromorphic memory device simulates neurons and synapses

Spin keeps electrons in line in iron-based superconductor

Broadening the scope of epoxide ring opening reactions with zirconocene

Large-scale ocean sanctuaries could protect coral reefs from climate change

Ions and Rydberg-atoms: A bond between David and Goliath

Hunga volcano eruption provides an explosion of data

Researchers magnify hidden biological structures with MAGNIFIERS

Accelerating the pace of machine learning

At-risk sea life in the Atlantic needs better protection from an increase in shipping

Astronauts may one day drink water from ancient moon volcanoes

Keeping buildings cooler with a wood-based foam

Magnetic resonance makes the invisible visible

New material can 'capture toxic pollutants from air'

Automated platform for plasmid production

First animals developed complex ecosystems before the Cambrian explosion

Chemists skew the odds to prevent cancer

Algorithms empower metalens design

Extraterrestrial stone brings first supernova clues to Earth

Scientists identify characteristics to better define long COVID

Helping EVs keep their cool during the battery weight balancing act

Eavesdroppers can hack 6G frequency with DIY metasurface

Cutting air pollution emissions would save 50,000 US lives, $600 billion each year

Lights, catalyst, reaction! Converting CO2 to formic acid using an alumina-supported, iron-based compound

Smart pacifier developed to monitor infant health in the hospital

Robotic surgery is safer and improves patient recovery time

How cells correct errors under time pressure

Scientists show how to store liquid fuels in polymeric gels to prevent explosions and fires

Researchers develop 3D-printed shape memory alloy with superior superelasticity

Remote sensing research improves hurricane response

Jellyfish's stinging cells hold clues to biodiversity

Slow walking may be to blame for perceived congestion in pedestrian areas

A brain circuit in the thalamus helps us hold information in mind

Algae-powered computing: Scientists create reliable and renewable biological photovoltaic cell

A first: Scientists grow plants in soil from the Moon

Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy

Academic study of East African maritime traditions shows changes in boatbuilding

Novel supramolecular CRISPR-Cas9 carrier enables more efficient genome editing

Small, mini, nano: Gear units created from a few atoms

Machine learning framework IDs targets for improving catalysts

Artificial cell membrane channels composed of DNA can be opened and locked with a key

Computational sleuthing confirms first 3D quantum spin liquid

4D composite printing can improve the wings of drones

Astronomers find 'gold standard' star in Milky Way

Ultrafast 'camera' captures hidden behavior of potential 'neuromorphic' material

'Self-driving' microscopes discover shortcuts to new materials

In a pair of merging supermassive black holes, a new method for measuring the void

Confirmed: Atmospheric helium levels are rising

Multi-tasking wearable continuously monitors glucose, alcohol, and lactate

New method to synchronize devices on Earth makes use of cosmic rays

Failed eruptions are at the origin of copper deposits

It's all in the wrist: A portable MRI system for early detection of sports injuries

Research breakthrough means warp speed 'Unruh effect' can finally be tested in lab settings

Energy researchers invent chameleon metal that acts like many others

Why science doesn't help sell chocolate chip cookies

It takes three to tangle: Long-range quantum entanglement needs three-way interaction

Candy-coated pills could prevent pharmaceutical fraud

Powerful family of two-dimensional materials discovered

New shape memory alloy discovered through artificial intelligence framework

The mystery solved about the active phase in catalytic carbon dioxide reduction to methanol

Understanding how sunscreens damage coral

Newly proposed search strategies improve computational cost of the bicycle-sharing problem

Researchers now able to predict battery lifetimes with machine learning

Hubble reveals surviving companion star in aftermath of supernova

'Nanomagnetic' computing can provide low-energy AI

Researchers create flat magic window with liquid crystals

New technology reduces heavy-duty diesel emissions to meet stringent CARB 2027 NOx requirements

Correct dosage for ultraviolet disinfection against COVID

Automated synthesis allows for discovery of unexpected charge transport behavior in organic molecules

Deep learning model to predict adverse drug-drug interactions

Taste of the future: Robot chef learns to 'taste as you go'

Bye, bye, biopsy? Handheld device could painlessly identify skin cancers

Fluorescent probe for bad cooking oil in the portable platform

Dual membrane offers hope for long-term energy storage

Proposed spacecraft navigation uses x-rays from dead stars

Lost value of landfilled plastic in US

Sensor makes strides in detecting infection indicators

What drives rechargeable battery decay? Depends on how many times you've charged it

Repairing tendons with silk proteins

Researchers bridge the gap between disciplines to better understand chemical reactions

Search reveals eight new sources of black hole echoes

Nanotechnology enables visualization of RNA structures at near-atomic resolution

Tiny sensor used to track the migratory patterns of monarch butterflies

A new strategy for active metasurface design provides a full 360° phase tunable metasurface

Researchers design simpler magnets for twisty facilities that could lead to steady-state fusion operation

Image-based mechanical simulations improve accuracy in gauging healing progress of bone fractures

New brain learning mechanism calls for revision of long-held neuroscience hypothesis