High efficiency solar power conversion allowed by a novel composite material
A composite thin film made of two different inorganic oxide materials significantly improves the performance of solar cells. Researchers have developed this material which...
An oil-eating bacterium that can help clean up pollution and spills
Oil spills occur on a regular basis, leading to messy decontamination challenges. But however widespread and serious the damage may be, the solution could...
Removing the brakes on plant oil production
Scientists studying plant biochemistry have discovered new details about biomolecules that put the brakes on oil production. The findings suggest that disabling these biomolecular...
Urban growth leads to shorter, more intense wet seasons in Florida peninsula
New research has found that urban areas throughout the Florida peninsula are experiencing shorter, increasingly intense wet seasons relative to underdeveloped or rural areas.
Shaking up megathrust earthquakes with slow slip and fluid drainage
Megathrust earthquakes are the most powerful type of earthquake, occurring at subduction zones -- where one tectonic plate is pushed beneath another. By contrast,...
First human migration out of Africa more geographically widespread than previously thought
Scientists have discovered a fossilized finger bone of an early modern human in the Nefud Desert of Saudi Arabia, dating to approximately 90,000 years...
Discovery of compounds that keep plants fresh
Scientists have discovered new compounds that can control stomatal movements in plants. Some of the compounds have shown to prevent leaves from drying up...
Burning ice in oceanic clay rich sediment
A research team has identified the formation of natural gas hydrates, so-called flammable ice, formed in oceans.
Geoengineering risks losers as well as winners for climate and wildfire risks
Artificially altering the climate system to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could increase the risks of wildfires in some areas, new research...
Brewing up Earth’s earliest life
Planetary scientists have found that large concentrations of sulfites and bisulfites in shallow lakes may have set the stage for synthesizing Earth's first life...
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