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Self-Adaptive Electrolytes Expand Stability for Fast-Charging High-Energy Batteries
University of Maryland researchers have designed self-adaptive electrolytes that dynamically expand their stability during charging, enabling safer and faster high-energy batteries. Inspired by the “salting-out” effect, the approach has shown improved performance in both lithium-metal and zinc-metal cells, paving the way for next-generation ene...
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India Lost 18,200 Hectares Of Primary Forest In 2024: Data
India lost 18,200 hectares of primary forest in 2024 compared to 17,700 hectares in 2023, according to the latest data from a global collaboration of over 100 organisations.
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US Federal Communications Commission Set To Reverse Net Neutrality Rules
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected on Thursday to rescind net neutrality rules championed by Democratic former President Barack Obama that barred the blocking or slowing of internet traffic.
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Chinese Student Draws Criticism On Social Media For Speech On 'Fresh Air' In US
A young Chinese woman has drawn criticism on social media after unfavourably comparing her homeland's air and politics to those in the US during her graduation speech at an American university.
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Francisco Goya's Mystery Illness Diagnosed After 200 Years
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the US have found that Goya may have suffered from an autoimmune disease called Susac's syndrome at the age of 46.
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Why Older People Struggle To Hear In Noisy Places
Something must be going on in the brains of older adults that causes them to struggle to follow speech amid background noise, even when their hearing would be considered normal, researchers from University of Maryland have determined.
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Researchers Explain Why Jet Lag Can Be Worse When You Travel East
Humans have been fighting jet lag for some 50 years. In that time we've cast far and wide for tricks to rejigger sleep cycles disrupted by airplanes. There are dubious herbal supplements and, more dubiously, earbuds that blast light toward the brain. Sleep experts suggest soaking up finely portioned amounts of sunlight, with more light early in the...
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Eating Fatty Food In Youth May Up Breast Cancer Risk
A follow-up study, conducted when participants were 25 to 29 years old, measured breast density by magnetic resonance imaging in 177 female participants.
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Alibaba's CEO Jack Ma Banned His First Employees From Living More Than 15 Minutes From Work
A new book on the Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has revealed that founder Jack Ma insisted that his first employees reside only minutes from work.
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Pluto's Striking Surface And Unique Moon Rotations Revealed
Astronomers from the University of Maryland have mapped the composition of Pluto's surface and confirmed the shapes, sizes and unique rotations of two of Pluto's moons.
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Indian Origin Astronomer-Led Team Spots Mid-Size Black Hole
In a first, a team including an Indian-origin astronomer has found evidence for a new intermediate-mass black hole about 5,000 times the mass of the Sun.
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Iranians Back Nuclear Deal, But Expect Too Much: Poll
Most Iranians back the nuclear deal Tehran signed with world powers, but partly because they wrongly believe it marks an immediate end to all US sanctions, according to a poll published Wednesday.
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NASA Spacecraft Finds Glowing Neon Gas on Moon
NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft has confirmed for the first time the existence of neon gas in moon's atmosphere.
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Gunmen Kill 3, Wound 1 Near Baltimore University: Police
Three people were killed and one was wounded when gunmen opened fire on a group of people on a street near the University of Maryland, Baltimore, police said today.
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Mantis Shrimps See Reef in a Different Light
Researchers have found that the complex eyes of mantis shrimp are equipped with optics that generate ultraviolet (UV) colour vision.
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Self-Adaptive Electrolytes Expand Stability for Fast-Charging High-Energy Batteries
University of Maryland researchers have designed self-adaptive electrolytes that dynamically expand their stability during charging, enabling safer and faster high-energy batteries. Inspired by the “salting-out” effect, the approach has shown improved performance in both lithium-metal and zinc-metal cells, paving the way for next-generation ene...
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India Lost 18,200 Hectares Of Primary Forest In 2024: Data
India lost 18,200 hectares of primary forest in 2024 compared to 17,700 hectares in 2023, according to the latest data from a global collaboration of over 100 organisations.
-
US Federal Communications Commission Set To Reverse Net Neutrality Rules
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected on Thursday to rescind net neutrality rules championed by Democratic former President Barack Obama that barred the blocking or slowing of internet traffic.
-
Chinese Student Draws Criticism On Social Media For Speech On 'Fresh Air' In US
A young Chinese woman has drawn criticism on social media after unfavourably comparing her homeland's air and politics to those in the US during her graduation speech at an American university.
-
Francisco Goya's Mystery Illness Diagnosed After 200 Years
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the US have found that Goya may have suffered from an autoimmune disease called Susac's syndrome at the age of 46.
-
Why Older People Struggle To Hear In Noisy Places
Something must be going on in the brains of older adults that causes them to struggle to follow speech amid background noise, even when their hearing would be considered normal, researchers from University of Maryland have determined.
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Researchers Explain Why Jet Lag Can Be Worse When You Travel East
Humans have been fighting jet lag for some 50 years. In that time we've cast far and wide for tricks to rejigger sleep cycles disrupted by airplanes. There are dubious herbal supplements and, more dubiously, earbuds that blast light toward the brain. Sleep experts suggest soaking up finely portioned amounts of sunlight, with more light early in the...
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Eating Fatty Food In Youth May Up Breast Cancer Risk
A follow-up study, conducted when participants were 25 to 29 years old, measured breast density by magnetic resonance imaging in 177 female participants.
-
Alibaba's CEO Jack Ma Banned His First Employees From Living More Than 15 Minutes From Work
A new book on the Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has revealed that founder Jack Ma insisted that his first employees reside only minutes from work.
-
Pluto's Striking Surface And Unique Moon Rotations Revealed
Astronomers from the University of Maryland have mapped the composition of Pluto's surface and confirmed the shapes, sizes and unique rotations of two of Pluto's moons.
-
Indian Origin Astronomer-Led Team Spots Mid-Size Black Hole
In a first, a team including an Indian-origin astronomer has found evidence for a new intermediate-mass black hole about 5,000 times the mass of the Sun.
-
Iranians Back Nuclear Deal, But Expect Too Much: Poll
Most Iranians back the nuclear deal Tehran signed with world powers, but partly because they wrongly believe it marks an immediate end to all US sanctions, according to a poll published Wednesday.
-
NASA Spacecraft Finds Glowing Neon Gas on Moon
NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft has confirmed for the first time the existence of neon gas in moon's atmosphere.
-
Gunmen Kill 3, Wound 1 Near Baltimore University: Police
Three people were killed and one was wounded when gunmen opened fire on a group of people on a street near the University of Maryland, Baltimore, police said today.
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Mantis Shrimps See Reef in a Different Light
Researchers have found that the complex eyes of mantis shrimp are equipped with optics that generate ultraviolet (UV) colour vision.
