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Potential Economic Bright Side of Plastic Waste for Developing Countries

Potential Economic Bright Side of Plastic Waste for Developing Countries

For decades, wealthy countries have transported plastic trash and its environmental problems to poorer countries, but researchers have discovered a potential upside to this seemingly…
Ice Protection Systems – Accumulating on Aircraft Surfaces

Ice Protection Systems – Accumulating on Aircraft Surfaces

Ice protection systems keep atmospheric moisture from accumulating on aircraft surfaces, such as wings, propellers, rotor blades, engine intakes, and environmental control intakes. Aircraft and…
Scientists Claim to have Finally Sequenced the Entire Human Genome

Scientists Claim to have Finally Sequenced the Entire Human Genome

DNA makes up an organism’s genome, or genetic material (bacteria, virus, potato, human). Each organism has its own DNA sequence, which is made up of…
Regular Strenuous Exercise can cause Fatal Neurological Disease ALS

Regular Strenuous Exercise can cause Fatal Neurological Disease ALS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that is always fatal. Gene-environment interactions cause ALS, and a better understanding of these interactions could lead…
Nickeline – Properties and Occurrences

Nickeline – Properties and Occurrences

Nickeline or niccolite is a mineral consisting of nickel arsenide (NiAs) containing 43.9% nickel and 56.1% arsenic. It can be found in nickel-copper ores from…
Astronomers Discovered a Prebiotic Molecule in Molecular Clouds near Galactic Center

Astronomers Discovered a Prebiotic Molecule in Molecular Clouds near Galactic Center

The interstellar medium (ISM) is an ever-changing, dynamic environment. It serves as the cauldron in which stars are formed. It acts as a conduit for…
Lithium Acetate – an Acetate Salt

Lithium Acetate – an Acetate Salt

Lithium acetate (CH3COOLi) is an acetate salt comprising equal numbers of acetate and lithium ions. It is a salt of lithium and acetic acid. It…
Fast Radio Bursts are Extremely Brief Emissions of Light from Unknown Location

Fast Radio Bursts are Extremely Brief Emissions of Light from Unknown Location

Astronomers only recently discovered the mysterious signals known as fast radio bursts (FRBs). The bursts are brief and powerful, lasting only.001 of a second on…
Mauna Loa: The World’s Biggest Volcano

Mauna Loa: The World’s Biggest Volcano

Mauna Loa (/ˌmɔːnə ˈloʊ.ə/ or /ˌmaʊnə ˈloʊ.ə/; Hawaiian: ˈmɐwnə ˈlowə; English: Long Mountain) is the world’s largest active volcano. It is the classic shield volcano,…
Atmospheric Icing

Atmospheric Icing

Atmospheric icing occurs in the atmosphere when water droplets freeze on objects they come in contact with. Atmospheric icing of vessels occurs when freezing rain,…
Design Ability of Novel Magnets with Magic Mirror-like Characteristics

Design Ability of Novel Magnets with Magic Mirror-like Characteristics

A Japanese multi-institutional team has created a new magnetic design with magical mirror-like properties. The brightness of transmitted light changes depending on whether the material…
Researchers developed a new method to give Luminescent Properties to Generic Polymers

Researchers developed a new method to give Luminescent Properties to Generic Polymers

Hokkaido University researchers have successfully developed a new method for imbuing generic polymers with luminescent properties, such as polystyrene and polyethylene. The technique, which was…
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