How catalysts secretly lose their stability
Covalent organic framework compounds are more active as catalysts than one would expect. Researchers have now discovered why.
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November 2024
Team unlocks new insights on pulsar signals
Results showed that in almost all cases, measured bandwidths were higher than predictions by widely used models of the galaxy,
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Can we avert the looming food crisis of climate change?
Researchers share a mathematical model created to capture the nonlinear relationships between CO2, temperature, human population, and crop growth. Increasing
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Simple lab-free test to detect bacteria in fluids from water to urine
Engineers and biochemists have brought their skills together to make it possible for untrained users to confirm contamination in fluids
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Researchers highlight Nobel-winning AI breakthroughs and call for interdisciplinary innovation
A new article examines the convergence of physics, chemistry, and AI, highlighted by recent Nobel Prizes. It traces the historical
The Atari 7800+ is a no-frills glimpse into a forgotten gaming era
Like a lot of children of the ’80s, my early gaming nostalgia has a huge hole where the Atari 7800
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Licking this “lollipop” will let you taste virtual flavors
Demonstrating lollipop user interface to simulate taste in virtual and augmented reality environments. Credit: Lu et al, 2024/PNAS Demonstrating lollipop
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ISPs say their “excellent customer service” is why users don’t switch providers
Lobby groups for Internet service providers claim that ISPs’ customer service is so good already that the government shouldn’t consider
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QNAP firmware update leaves NAS owners locked out of their boxes
A recent firmware pushed to QNAP network attached storage (NAS) devices left a number of owners unable to access their
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NASA awards SpaceX a contract for one of the few things it hasn’t done yet
When you compare SpaceX to the world’s other space enterprises, it’s probably easier to list the things SpaceX hasn’t done
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