Every week, our team selects and highlights just-published research papers from the literature. Each post includes a short written overview and an infographic that visually summarises the key discoveries.
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How do microplastics interact with forever chemicals? Microplastics — small plastic particles measuring <5 mm — and highly stable polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), are coming to public attention for their potential environmental and health risks. With these contaminants occurring more frequently in natural environments, a new paper in the Journal of… Read more
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Every time you exhale, you emit carbon dioxide. But does your body release CO2 in other ways? Emitted CO2 provides important information about metabolism and bodily function. However, measuring exhaled gases requires a tight-fitting mask that restricts daily activities. As an alternative, a new paper in Science Advances suggests measuring… Read more
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Coral reefs create an outer skeleton through complex biomineralization. To build their underwater word, corals use the mineral calcium carbonate in the form of the metastable crystal aragonite. How these skeletons grow and crystallise is shrouded in mystery. To investigate the fundamental processes of aragonite formation, a new paper in… Read more
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Hematite is an iron oxide that occurs naturally around the world. Because of its abundance, it has been used by humans since prehistory, first as the pigment red ochre, then as an ore for smelting iron, and now in emerging technologies for catalysis and energy storage. But how can you… Read more
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Do dogs change the air around us? Daily life as a mammal causes emissions to be released into the atmosphere. Humans, for example, breath out carbon dioxide and volatile organic compounds, while shedding skin cells and releasing ammonia. Although we invited dogs into our homes over ten thousand years ago,… Read more
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You may be familiar with wind turbines, but have you ever heard of a fog turbine? Unlike their windy cousins, fog turbines aren’t built to generate electricity. Instead, their goal is to collect water from fog. Fog that forms inland is difficult to harvest as it contains very small and… Read more
