Neglected Compounds: PNO Type Ligands For Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions
Everyone has noticed the difference between a pair of gloves and a pair of socks. A sock, like its partner, can be worn on either…
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How Parental Treatment Shapes Children’s Personalities
The impact that parents have on their children’s personalities continues to be a topic of debate. Children may, on average, develop a disposition similar to…
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Lemurs Groom High-Ranking Females In Order To Gain Thermoregulatory Benefits
Among gregarious animals, it is well-established that socially dominant individuals are able to use their status to leverage resources, resulting in better long-term survival relative…
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Traffic Noise Negatively Affects Developing Birds
A recent study found that for an overwhelming majority of U.S. Counties (> 90%), transportation noise is audible in at least 50% of the land…
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Fishermen Bite Off More Than They Can Chew — With A Little Help From Their Dolphin Friends
Let’s say you live in front of your favorite restaurants. How often would you be chasing around an ordinary food truck meal? Theory predicts that…
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CNS Regeneration In Planarians
When humans are injured, each of our tissues has an inherent ability (or lack thereof) to regenerate1. Interestingly, the regenerative ability of any given tissue…
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Toward Successful Academic-Industry Collaboration in Energy Research
In the midst of a global energy transition, collaborations between academics and practitioners are becoming increasingly important. While these partnerships have primarily served to validate…
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Intriguing Flexible Devices Based On Mechanoluminescence
Mechanoluminescence (ML), also called triboluminescence (TL), refers to the phenomenon/process that materials could emit light under mechanical stimuli, e.g., friction, stretch, compression, impact, etc. The…
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A Novel Method For (R)-(−)-Mandelic Acid Production
With the development of medicine, the synthesis of various pharmaceuticals is often required. Pharmaceutical intermediates, a chemical medium, play an important role during the synthesis…
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Adopting Renewable Energy And Nuclear Power In Japan
The self-sufficiency rate of energy in Japan (nuclear energy is considered semi-domestic energy) was 7.0% in 2015. This is the worst level in the history…
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A Study Of Coppicing In Beech Trees
Coppicing is a method to regenerate broadleaved trees by cutting them at the base to stimulate the formation of new sprouts. Researchers have now shown…
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