An international team of scientists has found part of the world’s largest ice shelf is melting 10 times faster than the overall ice shelf average due to solar heating of the surrounding ocean surface.
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Parasitoid Wasps May Turn Spiders into Zombies by Hacking Their Internal Code
Parasitoid wasps lay their eggs on a spider’s back.
Scientists Develop Low-Cost Energy-Efficient Materials
An international team of scientists from the National University of Science and Technology “MISIS” (NUST MISIS), Tianjin University (China), as well as from Japan and the United States has developed new energy-efficient iron-based alloys which combine high mechanical and magnetic properties with low cost and open up new opportunities for industry.
Biodegradable Bags Can Hold a Full Load of Shopping Three Years After Being Discarded in the Environment
Biodegradable and compostable plastic bags are still capable of carrying full loads of shopping after being exposed in the natural environment for three years, a new study shows.
How to Purify Water with Graphene
Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology “MISIS” together with their colleagues from Derzhavin Tambov State University and Saratov Chernyshevsky State University have figured out that graphene is capable of purifying water, making it drinkable, without further chlorination.
Record Solar Hydrogen Production with Concentrated Sunlight
Hydrogen will play a key role in reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.