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Every Breath You Take: The Journey of Inhaled Plastic Particles

With recent studies having established the presence of nano and microplastic particles in the respiratory systems of both human and bird populations, a new University of Technology Sydney (UTS) study has modelled what happens when people breathe in different kinds of plastic particles and where they end up.

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Improved AI Process Could Better Predict Water Supplies

A new computer model uses a better artificial intelligence process to measure snow and water availability more accurately across vast distances in the West, information that could someday be used to better predict water availability for farmers and others.

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Artificial Intelligence Enhances Monitoring of Threatened Marbled Murrelet

Artificial intelligence analysis of data gathered by acoustic recording devices is a promising new tool for monitoring the marbled murrelet and other secretive, hard-to-study species, research by Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service has shown.

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Sugar-Based Catalyst Upcycles Carbon Dioxide

A new catalyst made from an inexpensive, abundant metal and common table sugar has the power to destroy carbon dioxide (CO2) gas.

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Offering Clean Energy Around the Clock

As remarkable as the rise of solar and wind farms has been over the last 20 years, achieving complete decarbonization is going to require a host of complementary technologies.

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Physicists Arrange Atoms in Extremely Close Proximity

Proximity is key for many quantum phenomena, as interactions between atoms are stronger when the particles are close.

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‘Penguin Detectives’ Required for New Counting App

This week (Thursday 2 May), British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is inviting the public to become ‘penguin detectives’ and spend five minutes counting emperor penguins to help with vital research into these iconic animals.

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Texans Should Prepare For Hotter Temperatures, Greater Risk Of Fire And Flooding

Weather conditions across the Lone Star State are getting more extreme and more dangerous by the year, according to a new report from Texas A&M University professor and State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon.

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Aston University Civil Engineers Help to Make Road Surfaces More Sustainable

Aston University civil engineering experts are teaming up with construction and surfacing company Miles Macadam to help make road surfaces more sustainable.

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A “Cosmic Glitch” in Gravity

A group of researchers at the University of Waterloo and the University of British Columbia have discovered a potential “cosmic glitch” in the universe’s gravity, explaining its strange behaviour on a cosmic scale.

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