Study highlights socioeconomic inequalities in prevalence of multiple long-term health conditions in England

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study published in The Lancet Public Health suggests that, if current patterns in multimorbidity accumulation persist, there will be approximately a one-third (34%) increase in…

Direct lithium extraction from spent batteries for efficient lithium recycling

The traditional hydrometallurgical method for recycling metals from spent lithium-ion battery cathode materials involves complex processes such as metal leaching, precipitation, separation, and purification. An improved recycling approach involves directly…

One degree above absolute zero

Credit: Diraq For decades, the pursuit of quantum computing has struggled with the need for extremely low temperatures, mere fractions of a degree above absolute zero (0 Kelvin or –273.15°C).…

Anxiety Drives Wishful Thinking to Risky Levels

Summary: Individuals tend to become overly optimistic in situations marked by insecurity and anxiety, potentially to their detriment. The research, involving more than 1,700 participants, demonstrated that people are less…

Realizing clean qubits for quantum computers using electrons on helium

Illustration depicting a qubit made out of an electron (small sphere) floating on helium (gray block). Such qubits could form the basis of quantum computers. Credit: RIKEN Center for Quantum…

Study achieves largest photon emission enhancement for single T center to date

Researchers find first experimental evidence for a graviton-like particle in a quantum material

Light probing a chiral graviton mode in a fractional quantum Hall effect liquid. Credit: Lingjie Du, Nanjing University A team of scientists from Columbia, Nanjing University, Princeton, and the University…

UN climate weeks cancellation hinders worst-hit communities

Comment: The UNFCCC has said it will not hold regional climate weeks in 2024 due to a funding shortfall – which means less inclusion for developing-country voices If the world’s…

Thailand sounds alarm after anthrax outbreak in Laos

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Thailand ordered a close watch on livestock on Thursday after an outbreak of anthrax in neighboring Laos, where more than 50 suspected human cases have been…

Importance of tissue, trophic level, and diet source in shaping variation in isotopic trophic discrimination factors – Functional Ecologists

In this post, Ryan Stephens, an ecologist at East Tennessee State University, discusses his review paper “Meta-analysis and critical review of trophic discrimination factors (Δ13C and Δ15N): Importance of tissue,…