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Bees required to create an excellent blueberry crop
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‘Self-healing’ polymer brings perovskite solar tech closer to market
A protective layer of epoxy resin helps prevent the leakage of pollutants from perovskite solar cells (PSCs), report scientists. Adding a 'self-healing' polymer to...
Wheat myth debunked
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Dinoflagellate plankton glow so that their predators won’t eat them
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Testing ways to make aspen-dominated forests resilient to climate change
In an aspen-dominated hardwood forest at the northern tip of the state's Lower Peninsula, scientists are testing ways to make the region's forests more...
Lynx in Turkey: Noninvasive sample collection provides insights into genetic diversity
A team of scientists collected data and samples (feces, hair) from the Caucasian Lynx (Lynx lynx dinniki), in a region of Anatolian Turkey over...
100-year-old physics model replicates modern Arctic ice melt
A nearly 100-year-old physics model captures the essential mechanism of pattern formation and geometry of Arctic melt ponds.
Distant processes influence marine heatwaves around the world
An international team has produced the first global assessment of the major drivers of marine heatwaves.
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