. Scientific Frontline
Thursday, October 20, 2022

New Chemosensors Can Detect Heavy Metals in the Body and Environment

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According to Grigory Zyryanov, industrial partners, including foreign ones, are interested in the developments. Photo credit: Anna Marinovic...
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Thinnest ferroelectric material ever paves the way for new energy-efficient devices

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A representation of a two-dimensional ferroelectric material. Image credit: UC Berkeley/Suraj Cheema. As electronic devices become smaller a...

Deeper understanding of the icy depths

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Frazil ice formed below the ocean surface drives the generation of cold dense water. Photo credit: Masato Ito Scientific Frontline: "At...

Electroshock Therapy More Successful for Depression than Ketamine

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Electroconvulsive therapy, often viewed with skepticism by members of the public, outperforms the drug ketamine in treating depression, acco...

Converting Carbon Dioxide to Minerals Underground

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Mineralizing carbon dioxide underground is a potential carbon storage method. Credit: Illustration by Cortland Johnson | Pacific Northwest N...

Researchers discover new monster black hole 'practically in our back yard'

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Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, is the paper’s lead author.  Credit: ...

Physicists confirm hitch in proton structure

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The real photon that is produced in the virtual Compton scattering reaction provides electromagnetic perturbation to the proton and allows t...

Ecological imbalance: How plant diversity in Germany has changed in the past century

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The cornflower is one of the "losers", its population has declined sharply over the past 100 years. Photo Credit: André Künzelmann...

Methane-Eating ‘Borgs’ Have Been Assimilating Earth’s Microbes

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A digital illustration inspired by methane-eating archaea and the Borgs that assimilate them Credit: Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab In Star Trek, t...

Hands in people with diabetes more often affected by trigger finger

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Mattias Rydberg, doctoral student at Lund University and resident physician at Skåne University Hospital Source: Lund University Locked fing...

The Most Precise Accounting Yet of Dark Energy and Dark Matter

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G299 was left over by a particular class of supernovas called Type Ia.  Credit: NASA/CXC/U.Texas  Astrophysicists have performed a powerful ...

Forgetting is natural, but learning how to learn can slow it down

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Students studying at Iowa State University. Credit: Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University Whether you’re trying to ace a test or pick up ...

Covid-19 is linked to increased degradation of connections between nerve cells in a new brain model

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Postdoctoral fellow Samudyata and doctoral student Susmita Malwade. Source: Karolinska Institutet Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have ...

Electric discharges on leaves during thunderstorms may impact nearby air quality

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Weak electrical discharges, called corona, can form on tree leaves during thunderstorms Credit: Pennsylvania State University When thunderst...

Model calculates the energetics of piercing fangs, claws and other biological weapons

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A new model can be used to calculate the forces involved when one organism stabs another with its puncturing tools. Pictured: A viper skull....