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Chemists at UC Santa Barbara engineered a DNA-inspired molecule that stores solar energy at 1.65 MJ/kg — 70% more than the best …
A new global model finds heat and water stress from climate change may cut world food production by 14% by 2050, pushing over a bi…
A new study finds forest soils hold up to 13,300 microplastic particles per kg — levels rivaling urban soils — carried there a…
Scientists calculate Earth's oxygen-rich atmosphere has about 1 billion years left before the Sun's brightening triggers a catastr…
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