#Carpet shell clams reveal high levels of pollution in several coastal lagoons in Tunisia

“#Carpet shell clams reveal high levels of pollution in several coastal lagoons in Tunisia” The researchers Carmen Michán and José Alhama working. Credit: University of Córdoba Transitional waters, those situated between land and the sea, such as lagoons and estuaries, are more exposed to human activity and these waters are slowly refreshed, meaning that their…

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#Martian rover motors ahead

“#Martian rover motors ahead” Mars Sample Return overview infographic. Credit: ESA–K. Oldenburg European engineers, together with Canada, are working on the technologies needed to find and retrieve samples from Mars, as part of ESA’s plans to send material from the Red Planet to Earth. The Sample Fetch Rover will need to navigate autonomously, detect tubes…

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#Quantum material research facilitates discovery of better materials that benefit our society

“#Quantum material research facilitates discovery of better materials that benefit our society” Thermodynamic measurements and tensor network fittings to experimental results. Credit: The University of Hong Kong A joint research team from the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Institute of Physics at Chinese Academy of Science, Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Beihang University in Beijing and…

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#Scientists discover a long-sought-after nitrogen allotrope in black phosphorus structure

“#Scientists discover a long-sought-after nitrogen allotrope in black phosphorus structure” Credit: Subfigures A,C,and D are from this work [C. Ji, et al., Science Advances, 6, eaba9206 (2020)].Subfigure B is from the web (http://www.physics.nmsu.edu/~kanani/dac_side_crop.jpg) Graphene, or a single layer of graphite, has a set of novel properties that have attracted tremendous attention since its discovery. Nitrogen…

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#Summer favorite bitter gourd genome shows unusual domestication, insight into evolution

“#Summer favorite bitter gourd genome shows unusual domestication, insight into evolution” The complete genome sequence of the bitter gourd and 11 chromosome maps revealed in this study. Credit: Hideo Matsumura, Gene Research Center, Shinshu University The bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is a summer vegetable that graces the tables of many homes and restaurants in Asia….

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