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Earth and environment
Nature-inspired coating repels both water and ice
A PFAS-free coating could help protect aircraft, wind turbines, and power lines from hazardous ice buildup.
Fossilized plants offer a new route to analyze Earth’s past atmosphere
By decoding carbon trapped in ancient plant matter, scientists track carbon fluxes back beyond ocean records.
Leaftronics: greener electronics learnt from leaves
Hans Kleeman describes how inspiration from leaves will enable a new generation of sustainable, biodegradable electronics.
Beneath Bergmann’s Rule: Why burrowing owls grow bigger in the North
Bergmann’s rule is driven not only by evolution, but also early-life stress and short-term environmental shifts.
Plant diversity fell in the wake of the Black Death
A new study used the Black Death as a natural experiment, finding that medieval farming fostered Europe’s biodiversity.
‘Liquid droplet mops’ clean solar panels, could save billions of gallons of water annually
Liquid droplet mops optimise droplet impact energy, reducing the amount of water needed for solar panel cleaning by up to 80%.
Tectonic movements are instrumental in rocky coastal erosion
Earthquakes and shifting tectonic plates factor into coastal erosion along the US West Coast.
Beyond net zero: converting carbon dioxide into solid carbon for long-term storage
Researchers have developed a tandem process that converts carbon dioxide into carbon nanofibers, offering a route to net-negative emissions.
Researchers successfully freeze and revive Anopheles gambiae mosquito larvae
Vitrification enables simpler, more resilient storage of key mosquito strains used in malarial vector control.
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