Engineers zap and unstick underwater smart glue
Turning adhesion on and off is what makes a glue smart. Inspired by nature, catechols are synthetic compounds that mimic the wet-but-still-sticky proteins found...
The world faces an air pollution ‘pandemic’
Air pollution is responsible for shortening people's lives worldwide on a scale far greater than wars and other forms of violence, parasitic and insect-born...
Putting a price on the protective power of wetlands
In coastal communities prone to hurricanes and tropical storms, people typically turn to engineered solutions for protection: levees, sea walls and the like. But...
Potassium metal battery emerges as a rival to lithium-ion technology
Researchers demonstrate how they can overcome a persistent challenge known as dendrites to create a metal battery that performs nearly as well as a...
Is there a technological solution to aquatic dead zones?
Could pumping oxygen-rich surface water into the depths of lakes, estuaries, and coastal ocean waters help ameliorate dangerous dead zones? New work says yes,...
Disposal of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing poses dangers to drivers
New research shows that the growing traffic burden in shale energy boom-towns from trucks hauling wastewater to disposal sites resulted in a surge of...
Re-thinking ‘tipping points’ in ecosystems and beyond
Abrupt environmental changes, known as regime shifts, are the subject of new research in which shows how small environmental changes trigger slow evolutionary processes...
Geologists determine early Earth was a ‘water world’ by studying exposed ocean crust
Geologists have studied exposed, 3.2-billion-year-old ocean crust in Australia and used that rock data to build a quantitative, inverse model of ancient seawater. The...
How quickly do flower strips in cities help the local bees?
Many cities are introducing green areas to protect their fauna. Amongst such measures are flower strips, which provide support to flower-visiting insects, insect- and...
Hydrogen energy at the root of life
Researchers are making progress on answering the question of the origin of life. It could be that life originated from chemical reactions catalyzed by...
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