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Physicists Unlock Transformative New Way to Transmit Huge Amounts of Data via Laser Light

The discovery, centred around controlling tiny hurricanes of light and electromagnetic fields, could revolutionise how much information we can deliver over cables.

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Defense or Growth – How Plants Allocate Resources

Pathogens can significantly weaken the fitness of their hosts, sometimes even causing host mortality.

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Elephant Seal Colony Declines One Year After Avian Flu Outbreak

The sounds of barking elephant seals are again in the air along the breeding grounds of Península Valdés, Argentina—but it’s quieter. Roughly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza killed more than 17,000 elephant seals, including about 97% of their pups, scientists estimate that only about a third of the elephant seals normally expected here returned.

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Rice Discovery Taps ‘Hot Carriers’ for On-Demand, Emissions-Free Hydrogen and Catalyst Regeneration

Plasmonic photocatalysis breakthrough could enable major industry shift from heat- to light-based processes.

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Nanoparticle Bursts Over the Amazon Rainforest

Rainfall induces bursts of natural nanoparticles that can form clouds and further precipitation over the Amazon rainforest.

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Measurements From ‘Lost’ Seaglider Offer New Insights Into Antarctic Ice Melting

New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to increased melting by warming ocean waters over the last four decades.

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Greener and Cleaner: Yeast-Green Algae Mix Improves Water Treatment

Bakeries and wineries can’t do without yeast, but they have no need for green algae. 

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Startup Turns Mining Waste into Critical Metals for the U.S.

At the heart of the energy transition is a metal transition.

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Atlantic Killer Whales Show Dangerously High Levels of Toxic Chemicals: Study

Killer whales off Canada’s Atlantic coast continue to be contaminated with dangerously high levels of toxic chemicals that put them at elevated risk of severe immune-system and reproductive problems, a recent McGill-led study has found.

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How Much Climate Change is in the Weather?

Only a few weeks ago, massive precipitation produced by the storm “Boris” led to chaos and flooding in Central and Eastern Europe.

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