Low voltages generated minerals that help bind the sand into erosion-resistant rock, offering hope for shorelines ravaged by waves.
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Zapping sand to create rock could help curb coastal erosion
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Mesoamerican “Underworld” was swallowed by seismic landslide
The Mesoamerican site of Mitla was swallowed by a seismic landslide event, according to a new study by the Lyobaa Project.
Mitla, known as Mictlán in Nahuatl, means the “place of the dead” or “Underworld”. Mitla was established in…
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Demand for low-quality credits undermines the voluntary carbon market, study finds
Claims by large corporations of carbon reduction — or even carbon neutrality — may not hold up under close inspection.
In a new Nature Communications study, researchers at Kyoto University have shown that the 20 companies retiring the most…
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When an Ion Met an Atom – Space & Physics | Weizmann Wonder Wander
When two particles collide, they normally fly off in opposite directions, like billiard balls on a smooth table. But in a recent physics experiment at the Weizmann Institute of Science, instead of flying off, the particles seemed to engage in a…
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Old books can have unsafe levels of chromium, but readers’ risk is low
Old books can be beautiful to look at. But handle with care — they just might be toxic.
The covers of Victorian-era books are already known to sometimes have pigments that contain toxic heavy metals such as lead, chromium and…
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New twist on synthesis technique promises sustainable manufacturing
James Tour’s lab at Rice University has developed a new method known as flash-within-flash Joule heating (FWF) that could transform the synthesis of high-quality solid-state materials, offering a cleaner, faster and more sustainable manufacturing…
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Why do researchers often prefer safe over risky projects? Explaining risk aversion in science
A mathematical framework that builds on the economic theory of hidden-action models provides insight into how the unobservable nature of effort and risk shapes investigators’ research strategies and the incentive structures within which they…
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Sick days: Assessing the economic costs of long COVID
A new Yale study finds that the effects of long COVID have caused many Americans to miss extensive work time, and that 14% of study participants reported not returning to work in the months after their infection.
The findings, published recently…
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