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  Environment

  Why We Need to Shift Governance Beyond the Blue Water Basin

  Global water resources are increasingly becoming scarce. Many water basins are closing due to unsustainable modes of extraction and more than 800...

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  Astronomy

  Artificial astronomers

  By examining a wide selection of research works from the last two years, it was very clear that astronomers are using machine...

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  Chemistry

  New Insights Into Old Chemical Concepts Using DFT

  Recent progress in density functional theory provide new insights for chemical concepts like electrophilicity, nucleophilicity, regioselectivity, stereoselectivity, and more.

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  Environment

  Land Versus Atmosphere Dry-Out: What Matters More for Droughts?

  Atmospheric drying power may reinforce drought severity and intensify environmental impacts.

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  Diagnostics

  How Computational Models Can Aid Cardiac Research

  Researchers are increasingly interested in how a systems biology approach may be used to tackle multi-scale heart problems.

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  Food and Water

  Water Management in Ancient Cities Can Help Plan for Future Vulnerability

  Water-management strategies in past societies tell us about urban resilience and vulnerabilities.

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  Life Science

  A Genetic Blueprint for Breathing

  Studying genes that orchestrate early brainstem development has increased our understanding of breathing control and associated disorders.

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  Environment

  From Sandbags to Stilts: Living with Floods

  Flood prevention measures—such as mounting a home on stilts—are increasingly necessary as flood events become more common.

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  Environment

  The Knowns and Unknowns of the Herbicide MCPA

  2‐methyl‐4‐chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) is poorly a understood, yet frequently used herbicide, and further insights into its ecotoxicological effects are required.

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  Biosystems

  Protein-Protected Metal Nanoclusters That Behave Like Natural Enzymes

  Protein-protected metal nanoclusters have excellent biocompatibility and have received considerable attention as a luminescent probe in a number of fields such as...