Few cities have experienced a sharper economic change of fortune than Detroit.
It was one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation between 1900 and 1950.
In the nearly 75 years since then, it has lost over 60% of its population,…
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Study challenges notion that solution-phase organic reactions are unfeasible at high temperatures | Research
Chemists have used sealed glass capillaries to perform pyrazole isomerisation reactions at temperatures as hot as 500°C. By demonstrating that capillary synthesis is a viable way to perform solution-phase reactions at high temperatures, the…
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Quantum Milestones, 1964: John Stewart Bell Quietly Rings in New Era of Quantum Theory
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In 1964, Bell showed that quantum physics predicts correlations that violate certain inequalities. The work implied that quantum mechanics is not compatible with locality, even if there were “hidden…
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Lab-Created Aurora Highlights New Polymer Physics
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The discovery of a mini aurora above a light-emitting polymer material reveals an electron-ejection process that might be useful in field-emission displays and material fabrication.
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Physics – Plastic Ice Observed
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A neutron-scattering experiment has confirmed the existence of an unusual phase of ice that forms at high temperature and high pressure.
M. Rescigno et al. [1]; adapted by APSSnapshots from… Continue Reading
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Unusual radical reaction powered by strained substrates | Research
A mild and simple method to access an important pharmaceutical scaffold, the bicyclohexane motif, has been developed using only the innate reactivity of two strained substrates. The new reaction proceeds via an unusual σ bond insertion,…
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Green light for UK carbon capture projects – but will they deliver? | News
The UK’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects have been given the go-ahead. However, questions are being asked about their value for money and how quickly the next projects will be rolled out.
After more than 15 years of…
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Robotic helper making mistakes? Just nudge it in the right direction | MIT News
Imagine that a robot is helping you clean the dishes. You ask it to grab a soapy bowl out of the sink, but its gripper slightly misses the mark.
Using a new framework developed by MIT and NVIDIA researchers, you could…
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Stress May Increase Stroke Risk
New research published in the journal Neurology has shown that people who experience chronic stress may be at higher risk of having a stroke.
The case-control study included 426 stroke patients between the…
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Non-psychoactive Compound Mimics Pain Relief from Cannabis
Researchers have developed a compound that mimics the pain-relieving effects of a molecule found in the cannabis plant without causing addiction or psychoactive side effects in mice. The corresponding study…
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