deepai BERLIN, May 24 – Large parts of Europe offer strong potential for climate-smart rewilding – a strategy that combines ecosystem restoration with climate mitigation and adaptation – according to a new analysis published in…
The Observation of Topologically Protected Magnetic Quasiparticles
A team of researchers from Tohoku University, J-PARC, and Tokyo Institute of Technology conducted an in-depth study of magnetic quasiparticles called "triplons." The team conducted the study with a low-dimensional quantum magnet, Ba2CuSi2O6Cl2, using neutron…
Bleach-induced transformation for humidity-durable air filters
A molecule-trapping material that normally degrades in water remains stable after two years of humidity exposure when treated with a common skin bleach. Adding hydroquinone, a skin-bleaching ingredient, to a well-known ‘metal organic framework’ changes…
NASA Astronaut Anne McClain, Crewmates Return from Space…
NASA astronaut Anne McClain and two of her Expedition 59 crewmates returned to Earth from the International Space Station Monday, landing safely in Kazakhstan at 10:47 p.m. EDT after months of science and four spacewalks aboard the microgravity laboratory. McClain, Expedition…
Dutch and US students win 2019 CERN Beamline…
Two teams of high-school students, one from the Praedinius Gymnasium in Groningen, Netherlands, and one from the West High School in Salt Lake City, USA, have won the 2019 Beamline for Schools competition (BL4S). In October, these teams will be invited to…