A low temperature water-splitting protocol uses microwave power in lieu of concentrated solar energy.
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Changing gluten intake found to have no impact on gut inflammation in healthy individuals
Understanding how gluten affects the gut is a key to understanding whether gluten-free diets are merely a fad or based in solid science.
Scientists discover that the platypus glows in the dark
This phenomenon is spread over such a broad range of the mammalian evolutionary tree that researchers are beginning to wonder if the “proto-mammal” shared the same trait.
Meet the tsetse fly, the supermom of the insect world
Tsetse flies, which miraculously birth young bigger than the mother, show us what science is about.
Coronaviruses mimic immune proteins and hide in plain sight
New study finds coronaviruses are masters of mimicry, reproducing their host’s immune proteins to remain invisible and help promote infection.
Water on the moon might be more abundant that previously thought
Tiny moon shadows may harbor hidden stores of ice.
Astronomers record last moments of star as it’s devoured by a black hole and turned into “spaghetti”
New observations capture a star experiencing spaghettification as it’s sucked in by a supermassive black hole.
Skin pigment properties and the importance of heterogeneity
Computational chemistry is key to understanding the unusual properties of eumelanin.
Molecular swarm rearranges surface structures atom by atom
Much like a zipper, carbene molecules cooperate on a gold surface to join two rows of atoms into one row, resulting — step by step — in a new surface structure.
Black holes take 2020 Nobel prize in physics
Three laureates share this year’s Nobel prize in physics for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe: the black hole.
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