Nanomaterials Apr 30, 2024

Researchers reveal water-assisted oxidative redispersion of metal nanoparticles

Oxidative redispersion at elevated temperatures has long been utilized in heterogeneous catalysis for the regeneration of sintered metal catalysts and the synthesis of metal single atom and cluster catalysts. These redispersion ...

Bio & Medicine Apr 25, 2024

Diamond dust as a potential alternative to contrast agent gadolinium in magnetic resonance imaging

An unexpected discovery surprised a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart: Nanometer-sized diamond particles, which were intended for a completely different purpose, shone brightly in ...

Earth Sciences Apr 29, 2024

Details of hurricane Ian's aftermath captured with new remote sensing method

Category 4 Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida's Lee County on Sept. 28 2022, battering the region with wind speeds of 155 miles per hour and storm surge up to 13 feet—the highest storm surge documented in Southwest ...

Plants & Animals Apr 29, 2024

Aggressive wall lizard provides clues to understanding evolution

Body shape, color and behavior often evolve together as species adapt to their environment. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have studied this phenomenon in a specific type of large, bright green and aggressive ...

Biochemistry 14 hours ago

Centipedes used in traditional Chinese medicine offer leads for kidney treatment

A venomous, 8-inch centipede may be the stuff of nightmares, but it could save the life of those affected by kidney disease. Researchers report in the Journal of Natural Products that the many-legged critter—used in traditional ...

Biotechnology Apr 30, 2024

New tool decodes complex, single-cell genomic data

Unlocking biological information from complex single-cell genomic data has just become easier and more precise, thanks to the innovative scLENS tool developed by the Biomedical Mathematics Group within the IBS Center for ...

Earth Sciences Apr 25, 2024

Managing meandering waterways in a changing world

Just as water moves through a river, rivers themselves move across the landscape. They carve valleys and canyons, create floodplains and deltas, and transport sediment from the uplands to the ocean.

Ecology Apr 25, 2024

First-of-its-kind study shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss

A study published April 25, in the journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is nature conservation successful, but that scaling conservation interventions up would be transformational for halting ...

Earth Sciences Apr 30, 2024

Atmospheric 'teleconnections' sustain warm blobs in the northeast Pacific Ocean

The past 10 years have seen a series of "warm blobs" in the northeast Pacific Ocean. These marine heat waves do widespread damage to ecosystems and marine life in the area, but the mechanisms by which they develop and are ...

Plants & Animals Apr 26, 2024

AI deciphers new gene regulatory code in plants and makes accurate predictions for newly sequenced genomes

Genome sequencing technology provides thousands of new plant genomes annually. In agriculture, researchers merge this genomic information with observational data (measuring various plant traits) to identify correlations between ...

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