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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…
Mandelic Acid (Properties, Benefits, Uses)

Mandelic Acid (Properties, Benefits, Uses)

Mandelic acid is an aromatic alpha hydroxy acid with the chemical formula C6H5CH(OH)CO2H that comes from bitter almonds. It’s an antibiotic that’s used to treat…
Indigenous Peoples have Helped the Amazon Stay Wild for 5,000 Years

Indigenous Peoples have Helped the Amazon Stay Wild for 5,000 Years

The relationship between humans and the Amazon rainforest does not always become harmonious. However, recent research has shown that the indigenous peoples of the Putumayo…
How to Watch Thursday’s “Ring of Fire” Solar Eclipse in Person and Via Livestream

How to Watch Thursday’s “Ring of Fire” Solar Eclipse in Person and Via Livestream

On Thursday, June 2021, people across Canada, Greenland, the Arctic and Russia will considered an extra special eclipse of the sun. Do not worry if…
Crow Photographed Covered in Ants is Fine, Just Showing Rare “Anting” Behavior

Crow Photographed Covered in Ants is Fine, Just Showing Rare “Anting” Behavior

If you see a bird flattened on the ground and ants in the air, you may think it is sick and in the process of…
Breaking: Major Websites Around the World Down as Cloud Service Fastly Crashes

Breaking: Major Websites Around the World Down as Cloud Service Fastly Crashes

From social media platforms like Twitch and Reddit to a number of websites across the Internet to news outlets including the Financial Times, the Guardian and…
El Salvador Wants to Make Bitcoin a Legal Tender in World First

El Salvador Wants to Make Bitcoin a Legal Tender in World First

El Salvador will take the first step worldwide by legalizing bitcoin alongside the US dollar. El Salvador’s 39-year-old president, Nayib Bukele, set out this view in…
Bubble-Net Feeding Humpback Whales Spotted in Australia for the First Time

Bubble-Net Feeding Humpback Whales Spotted in Australia for the First Time

People did a good job of turning the physical nets to their advantage to keep the fish away from the sea. Now, we have probably…
A Rare White Risso’s Dolphin Recently Popped up Off the Shores of Orange County

A Rare White Risso’s Dolphin Recently Popped up Off the Shores of Orange County

In May 2021, Newport Landing whale watchers on Newport Beach, California, found something incredibly rare. Outside of the sea, their boat attached to a pod…
Mauna Kea (The Tallest Volcano)

Mauna Kea (The Tallest Volcano)

Mauna Kea (/ˌmɔːnə ˈkeɪ.ə/ or /ˌmaʊnə ˈkeɪ.ə/, Hawaiian: ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛjə) is a dormant volcano located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It is the tallest…
Mira – a Red Giant Star

Mira – a Red Giant Star

Mira (designation Omicron Ceti) is a red giant star estimated to be 200–400 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Cetus. It lays 420 light-years…
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