To address the plastic environmental crisis, Cornell chemists have developed a new polymer with ample strength in a marine setting that is poised to degrade by ultraviolet radiation, according to research published March 30 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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KIST And UNIST Joint Research Team Develop A High-Capacity Battery Material Using Salmon DNA
A Korean research team has succeeded in developing next-generation high-capacity cathode material for lithium-ion batteries.
Proteins May Halt The Severe Cytokine Storms Seen In Covid-19 Patients
One of the defining features of Covid-19 is the excessive immune response that can occur in severe cases.
3D Models Of Mountain Lakes With A Portable Sonar And Airborne Laser
The information of the territory provided by the laser technology from an airplane can be combined with data collected in mountain lakes with an inflatable boat and a small echo sounder to obtain three-dimensional maps.
Ash Dieback Is Less Severe in Isolated Ash Trees
New research published in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Ecology finds that ash dieback is far less severe in the isolated conditions ash is often found in, such as forests with low ash density or in open canopies like hedges, suggesting the long term impact of the disease on Europe's ash trees will be more limited than previously thought.
To Cut Carbon Emissions, a Movement Grows to ‘Electrify Everything’
On March 24, just before the city council of Santa Cruz, California passed an emergency measure to prevent evictions of renters suffering from lost income during the coronavirus pandemic, it adopted another new ordinance: effective July 1, all construction permit applications for new buildings in the city must submit a declaration that their design is “Natural Gas-Free.”