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Nearly 70% of private label avocado oil rancid or mixed with other oils, find researchers
Avocado oil has become a popular choice for many people in recent years because of its heart-healthy benefits and versatility in cooking. However, not all avocado oil products on store...
Danish researcher and NASA predict how many people will die from air pollution in the future
They come from factory stacks, car exhaust pipes and cruise liner engines. They are tiny particles and they are all around us. When we breathe in air, these particles settle...
Translating Swahili language and knowledge in colonial and post-colonial Tanzania
In the 1940s, a student from Kenya named James Gekonyo applied to the Chemistry Department of Makerere University in Uganda. When his admissions interviewers asked him to explain the difference...
Scientists find first evidence for new superconducting state in Ising superconductor
In a ground-breaking experiment, scientists from the University of Groningen, together with colleagues from the Dutch universities of Nijmegen and Twente and the Harbin Institute of Technology (China), have discovered...
New report finds that carbon capture and storage in California can concurrently serve local communities, the environment and the economy
A new report co-authored by George Peridas of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Benjamin Grove of the Clean Air Task Force examines the economic viability of carbon capture...
A new material creates clean electricity from the air around it
Ambient air's water molecules can be harvested to generate clean electricity at a nanoscale level. Derek Lovley/Ella Maru Studio Researchers recently constructed a material capable of generating near constant electricity from just the...
Watching Molecules Relax in Real Time
Berkeley Lab scientists have visualized the distortions of chemical bonds in a methane molecule after it absorbs light, loses an electron, and then relaxes. Their study provides insights into how...
House that inspired 'The Conjuring' offers camping experiences
The Rhode Island house that inspired 2013 horror film "The Conjuring" is offering fans of the films and amateur paranormal investigators the chance to go "ghamping" -- ghost camping --...
Save a stellar $500 on the Nikon D850: One of the best DSLRs ever made
This $500 price drop is the biggest saving on the legendary Nikon D850 we've seen all year.
Finally delicious: New proteins to revolutionize gluten-free baked goods
Gluten is one of the largest natural proteins and has fantastic properties: It keeps a well-cooked dough airy until baking stabilizes the open-pore structure. Prof. Dr. Mario Jekle from the...
Pulsed discharge plasma helps in heavy oil conversion
The increasingly inferior quality of heavy oil resources has brought more difficult challenges to traditional heavy oil processing technology. The high temperature and pressure conditions, and the carbon emission and...
Ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy: Watching molecules relax in real time
Designing the next generation of efficient energy conversion devices for powering our electronics and heating our homes requires a detailed understanding of how molecules move and vibrate while undergoing light-induced...
Scientists find first evidence for new superconducting state in Ising superconductor
In a ground-breaking experiment, scientists from the University of Groningen, together with colleagues from the Dutch universities of Nijmegen and Twente and the Harbin Institute of Technology (China), have discovered...
Quantum matter breakthrough: Tuning density waves
Scientists at EPFL have found a new way to create a crystalline structure called a "density wave" in an atomic gas. The findings can help us better understand the behavior...
Ligand-nanocrystal interactions under visible light irradiation
When designing optoelectronic devices, such as solar cells, photocatalysts, and photodetectors, scientists usually prioritize materials that are stable and possess tunable properties. This allows them precise control over optical characteristics...
Mixing Metals for Improved Performance
Shreyas Balachandran has been chosen to receive the ICMC Cryogenic Materials Award for Excellence, presented annually to an individual under 40 who has demonstrated innovation, impact and international recognition for...
Listen: Hayley Kiyoko releases new single 'Greenlight'
Hayley Kiyoko released the song "Greenlight" in the midst of her "Panorama" tour.
New way of machining tiny diamond rotors could improve protein studies
Many of the biological materials that researchers are most interested in studying, including those associated with major diseases, don't lend themselves to the conventional methods that researchers typically use to...
Progressive quantum leaps—high-speed, thin-film lithium niobate quantum processors driven by quantum emitters
Scalable photonic quantum computing architectures require photonic processing devices. Such platforms rely on low-loss, high-speed, reconfigurable circuits and near-deterministic resource state generators. In a new report now published in Science...
40 years on, 'Return of the Jedi' is still up there with the best of 'Star Wars'
As the original trilogy closer turns 40, 'Return of the Jedi' can still hold its own against almost everything that followed.
'Leap of faith:' Alaska pursues carbon offset market while embracing oil
Alaska's push to become a bigger player in the clean energy market is in the spotlight this week at a conference convened by its Republican governor, even as the state...
Memorial Day road trips below pre-COVID levels, but don’t expect smooth sailing
Travel club AAA expects a bump in travel over Memorial Day weekend, although road trips have not bounced back to pre-pandemic levels despite sliding gas prices.
Celtics beat Heat to avoid sweep, extend Eastern Conference finals
A sense of desperation fed the Boston Celtics, leading a ravenous offense to 27 points off turnovers and fueling a win over the Miami Heat to avoid an Eastern Conference...
Propellers are louder over ground, researchers find
The effects of the ground on propeller noise have been measured experimentally for the very first time by researchers in the Aeroacoustics research team at the University of Bristol.
Element creation in the lab deepens understanding of surface explosions on neutron stars
Scientists working in the lab have produced a signature nuclear reaction that occurs on the surface of a neutron star gobbling mass from a companion star. Their achievement improves understanding...
Electronic Noses Sniff Out Volatile Organic Compounds
Tracing volatile organic compounds is important for public safety and all "smell" related issues. To this end, in Applied Physics Reviews, Liu et al. introduce a fluid mechanics-based chamber design...
Boost for the quantum internet
Quantum networks connect quantum processors or quantum sensors with each other. This allows tap-proof communication and high-performance distributed sensor networks.
A first step to designing better solid-state batteries
Researchers from Argonne and Northeastern University in Boston characterized reactions in all-solid-state lithium batteries.