Surfactant monolayers help make polymer crystals
SMAIS technique produces synthetic covalent organic 2D polymer sheets with the largest crystalline domain sizes ever
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Extremes of global heat bring tipping points closer
It makes good business sense to contain planetary warming to 1.5 °C. Passing the Paris target spells disaster, with more extremes of global heat
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Novel PET method visualizes protein tangles after traumatic brain injury
Scientists use PET imaging to see protein tangles associated with dementia in the brains of patients who suffered a traumatic brain injury
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3D knots appear in liquid crystals
Researchers have succeeded in creating the first analogues of Kelvin’s “vortex atoms” in chiral materials
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Computational ‘pathology’ could hamper climate and fusion simulations
Previously unknown errors have an insidious effect on computer models of chaotic systems
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Light-activated iridium compound destroys cancer cells’ energy source
A light-activated iridium compound enables photodynamic therapy of cancer cells, even in hypoxic tumours
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IPCC: Rapid changes are forcing people to fundamentally alter their ways of life
IPCC releases special report on oceans and cryosphere
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Single-nanowires make powerful spectrometers
Nanoscale spectrometers prove to be as efficient as commercial instruments
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How vulnerable is China’s water?
Researchers map freshwater supplies and resilience
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Google reports quantum supremacy in draft paper
Document claims "first computation that can only be performed on a quantum processor"
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