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Environment Jul 21, 2025

Recent research explores maximizing circularity in plastics supply chains

A traditional economy follows a linear "take-make-use-dispose" path. A circular economy, in contrast, retains the value of materials and products within a supply chain for longer.

Plants & Animals Jul 21, 2025

Minimally invasive sensor can detect stress to keep plants safe

A sensor that can measure hormone concentrations in plants precisely and in real time with minimal damage can shed light on how hormones affect plants' response to disease and stress. With further development, it could also ...

Bio & Medicine Jul 21, 2025

Researchers mimic cell membranes to tune ion transport in artificial water filters

In every living cell, there are membranes, and in every membrane there are proteins, each of which acts as a chemical gatekeeper.

Cell & Microbiology Jul 21, 2025

Microbes in deep-sea volcanoes can help scientists learn about early life on Earth, or even life beyond our planet

People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet. Scientists have reason to believe that some of the moons in our solar system—like Jupiter's Europa ...

Nanophysics Jul 21, 2025

Laser-generated nanoparticles promise cleaner, smarter artificial sensory systems

A new review highlights a powerful, cleaner route to produce ultra-clean, customizable nanoparticles—key building blocks for artificial sensory systems that mimic human perception and power emerging technologies like extended ...

Biotechnology Jul 21, 2025

Robot hand could harvest blackberries better than humans

Fresh, frozen and processed berries are a multi-billion-dollar business in America. In Arkansas alone, fresh-market blackberries contribute $24.3 million each year to the state's economy. But these delicate blackberries sold ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jul 20, 2025

Rabi-like splitting arises from nonlinear interactions between magnons in synthetic antiferromagnet

Synthetic antiferromagnets are carefully engineered magnetic materials made up of alternating ferromagnetic layers with oppositely aligned magnetic moments, separated by a non-magnetic spacer. These materials can display ...

Environment Jul 18, 2025

AI-assisted sorting, other new technologies could improve plastic recycling

Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters of it ends up in landfills or the environment.

Optics & Photonics Jul 18, 2025

Engineers achieve efficient integration of quantum dot lasers on silicon chiplets

Lasers that are fabricated directly onto silicon photonic chips offer several advantages over external laser sources, such as greater scalability. Furthermore, photonic chips with these "monolithically" integrated lasers ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jul 18, 2025

Spin currents control device magnetization using low-cost materials

Research from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities gives new insight into a material that could make computer memory faster and more energy-efficient.

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