Developing Perfectly Transparent Wave Optics Through Conformal Invisible Devices
Invisibility or cloaking seems to only happen in fairy tales and science fiction films. In fact, a lot of creatures have versatile means to make…
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Raising Extra Offspring Is Costly In Spotless Starlings
One of the principles of behavioral ecology is that resources are limited, and thus, allocation decisions have to be made to make ends meet. For…
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Scientists Question Old Paradigms On Tannin Interactions With Organic Nitrogen Compounds And Enzymes
Among plant secondary metabolites, tannins represent one of the main groups. Historically, they were used to treat animal skin in order to produce leather, because…
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Rethinking The Concept Of Biological Water From Numerical Simulations
Biological water is the thin layer of water molecules that, by surrounding biological systems such as, e.g., proteins, organelles, and cell membranes, affects their fluidity,…
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Costs And Benefits Of Bioenergy Alternatives For Birds
A predicament the United States faces is the simultaneous threat of climate change and the rising energy demands of its growing population. This, in combination…
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Vegaviidae, A Group Of Modern Birds That Survived Dinosaur Extinction
Records of Modern birds (Neornithes) from the Age of Dinosaurs or Mesozoic Era, are very scarce and patchy. Most specimens are represented by isolated bones…
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Quantum Tunneling Between Distant Molecules Aids Energy Harvesting In Organic Solar Cells
Organic materials, such as semiconducting molecules and polymers, can be exploited in functional electronic devices, such as organic solar cells, which offer a promising alternative…
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Rapid Detection Of Pesticide Residues In Food
Due to their increasing use in agriculture, the presence of pesticides residues in food and water currently represents one of the major issues for the…
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Flexible & Safe Heater: A Universal Approach To Control The Pyroresistive Behaviour Of Conductive Polymer Composites
With the rapid development of science and technology nowadays, all aspects of functionalities are supposed to be integrated into the smart materials in order to…
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Detecting The Presence Of Ethanol In Your Kombucha
Kombucha has received significant attention over last few years and has become an increasingly popular beverage with purported health-promoting properties. Kombucha is a traditional fermented…
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Molecules In Space: Physics, Chemistry And Biology
The collaboration between spectroscopists and astrophysicists initiated in the 18th century with the purpose of assigning the Fraunhofer lines in the solar spectrum to atomic…
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