The original version of this article contained conceptual ambiguousness in the “Requirement of critical metals” of the Results section. Clarifications that need to be made are presented as follows.
The conceptual ambiguousness of the share of…
Category: Other Sciences
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Addressing the challenges in journal evaluation during the “covidization” of scientific research era : insights from the CAS journal ranking
Journal impact indicators are expected to maintain temporal stability since journals’ reputation and quality control typically remain consistent across consecutive years. As Rousseau (2002) notes, citation-based journal rankings remain valid…
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Signs of alien life may be hiding in these gases
Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like Earth and gases rarely considered in the search for extraterrestrials.
In a new Astrophysical Journal Letters paper,…
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Scientists develop solar-powered method to convert sewage sludge into green hydrogen and animal feed
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have developed an innovative solar-powered method to transform sewage sludge — a by-product of wastewater treatment — into green hydrogen for clean energy and…
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Black holes: not endings, but beginnings? New research could revolutionize our understanding of the universe
New research suggests black holes may transition into ‘white holes’, ejecting matter and potentially even time back into the universe, defying our current understanding of these cosmic giants. The study by the University of Sheffield proposes a…
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Berkelocene: Chemists Create Berkelium-Containing Organometallic Molecule
Organometallic molecules consist of a metal ion surrounded by a carbon-based framework. They are relatively common for early actinide elements like uranium but are scarcely known for later actinides. Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National…
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Mercedes Unveils Semi-Solid-State EV Batteries
Solid-state batteries remain several years from auto showrooms. The auto industry is pursuing the batteries, which replace liquid electrolytes with a solid ceramic or glass material, because of their potential to carry decisively more energy,…
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Black Sea Cable to Boost EU Energy Security with Clean Power
Last November, when Azerbaijan hosted COP29, the United Nations’ annual climate summit, it was a sort of coming-out party for the country. Organizers wanted to showcase how their small nation of nearly 11 million, on the western shore of the…
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Ancient DNA shows Stone Age Europeans voyaged by sea to Africa
Ancient DNA shows Stone Age Europeans voyaged by sea to Africa
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Sovereign bond yield and cryptocurrency returns within the frontier West African monetary zone: a dynamic contagion analysis
A surge in empirical research on financial markets ensued in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. This global crisis has unleashed a systemic upheaval, marked by escalated global risk aversion, resulting in a financial imbalance across the global…
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