#Popular doesn’t mean influential among Cambodian farmers

“#Popular doesn’t mean influential among Cambodian farmers” Junjian Zhang led the social network survey in the field and collected data from over 120 farmers. Credit: Junjian Zhang, University of Sydney It’s become common practice for NGOs and environmental development agencies to use ‘influencers’ for the roll out of environmentally sustainable farming practices, but this isn’t…

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#Planets must be formed early, study finds

“#Planets must be formed early, study finds” Artist’s conceptualization of the dusty TYC 8241 2652 system as it might have appeared several years ago when it was emitting large amounts of excess infrared radiation. Credit: Gemini Observatory/AURA artwork by Lynette Cook. https://www.gemini.edu/node/11836 Scientists have found evidence that planets form in a blink of an eye on a…

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#’Nanotorch’ highlights ultrafast biochemical reactions

“#’Nanotorch’ highlights ultrafast biochemical reactions” Life depends on remarkable arrays of biochemical reactions. Understanding the workings of biomolecules involves real-time monitoring of these reactions. Happening in only tiny fractions of a millisecond, this is very difficult even with highly sensitive optical instruments. Therefore, Ph.D. researcher Yuyang Wang uses a ‘plasmonic nanotorch,” a single metal nanoparticle…

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#Artificial intelligence could revolutionize sea ice warnings

“#Artificial intelligence could revolutionize sea ice warnings” Sea ice in the polar sea. Credit: Jørn Berger-Nyvoll, UiT Today, large resources are used to provide vessels in the polar seas with warnings about the spread of sea ice. Artificial intelligence may make these warnings cheaper, faster, and available for everyone. For vessels that journey into the…

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#Researchers make new discovery on the molecular structure of natural products

“#Researchers make new discovery on the molecular structure of natural products” Researchers from the Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol) of the University of Valencia have managed to synthesize a new porous material that makes it possible to encapsulate a series of active principles of natural substances and determine their chemical structure by using X-ray diffraction….

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#Researchers discover unique material design for brain-like computations

“#Researchers discover unique material design for brain-like computations” The dynamic intercalation of a wide variety of organometallics in expandable van der Waals gaps of layered HfS2, provide a unique opportunity for reconfiguring the electrical and thermal properties of this materials. Credit: Dr. Sina Najmaei and Prof Chinedu Ekuma of Lehigh University Over the past few…

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#Stunning new Hubble images reveal stars gone haywire

“#Stunning new Hubble images reveal stars gone haywire” These two new images from the Hubble Space Telescope depict two nearby young planetary nebulae, NGC 6302, dubbed the Butterfly Nebula, and NGC 7027, which resembles a jewel bug. Both are among the dustiest planetary nebulae known and both contain unusually large masses of gas. Credit: NASA,…

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