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Researchers Achieve Historic Milestone in Energy Capacity of Supercapacitors

In a new landmark chemistry study, researchers describe how they have achieved the highest level of energy storage — also known as capacitance — in a supercapacitor ever recorded. This is an important step towards ultra-fast-charging energy storage.
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Nanoplastics Detected Quickly and Sensitively by Novel Method

A new technique based on Raman spectroscopy has been developed to detect nanoplastics much faster than previous methods.
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PFAS Exposure Can Affect Immune Cells

A team of researchers has now shown that PFAS can also reduce the activity of human immune cells and thus impair health.
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Houston, We Have a Solution: The Sun Repairs Solar Cells in the Vacuum of Space

Solar cells that have been damaged by proton radiation in low-earth orbit can recover up to 100% of their original efficiency after annealing in a thermal vacuum, new research has indicated.
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Engineers Develop New Storage Technology To Keep Nanosurfaces Clean

Newly developed storage technology is able to keep volatile organic compounds from accumulating on the surfaces of stored nanomaterials.
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Picky Green Sea Turtle Has Travelled to the Same Place To Eat for Generations

For approximately 3,000 years, generations of green sea turtles have returned to the same seagrass meadows to eat, a new study has found.
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Most Research on PFAS Harms Is Unpublicized

Though per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) make headlines daily, most studies finding links between PFAS exposure and human health harms are published without a press release and receive little or no media coverage, new analysis has found.
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Could Ultrasonication Improve Thawed Pork Quality?

Researchers conducted a study to investigate the effects of ultrasonication on the thawing rate, physicochemical properties, water migration, distribution and microstructure of pork and compared it to fresh pork.
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Biodegradable Film Developed That Keeps Food Fresh for Longer

Researchers have developed a biodegradable film, made of a compound derived from limonene, and chitosan, that keeps food fresh for longer.
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Keeping Bees Safe From Pesticides ‒ Do Current Methods Work?

Many of the most common methods for reducing the impact of pesticides on bee populations are rooted in minimal scientific evidence, according to new research.
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