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Inert nitrogen forced to react with itself

Constituting over 78 % of the air we breathe, nitrogen is the element found the most often in its pure form on earth. The reason for the abundance of elemental nitrogen is the incredible stability and inertness of dinitrogen (N2), a molecule comprising two nitrogen atoms and the form in which most nitrogen exists. Only in very harsh environments, such as in the ionosphere, can dinitrogen be assembled into longer nitrogen chains, forming N4 ions with very short lifetimes.

Medicine and Personal Care Products May Lead to New Pollutants in Waterways

Rutgers study shows how bacteria in wastewater plants transform widely used chemicals. When you flush the toilet, you probably don't think about the traces of the medicine and personal care products in your body that are winding up in sewage treatment plants, streams, rivers, lakes, bays and the ocean.

It's spring already? Physics explains why time flies as we age

A slowdown in image processing speeds up our perception of time passing as we age DURHAM, N. C. -- A Duke University researcher has a new explanation for why those endless days of childhood seemed to last so much longer than they do now--physics.

The best topological conductor yet: Spiraling crystal is the key to exotic discovery

X-ray research at Berkeley Lab reveals samples are a new state of matter The realization of so-called topological materials - which exhibit exotic, defect-resistant properties and are expected to have applications in electronics, optics, quantum computing, and other fields - has opened up a new realm in materials discovery.

Storms Worsen Due To Climate Change

The destructive power of storms can only worsen in the future as the Earth continues to warm up. The crisis in the climate is driving the ocean levels to rise and it only makes everything else worse.

Facial motion capture helps bring VR documentary to life

CAMERA, the University of Bath's motion capture research centre, has collaborated with the Interactive arm of Aardman on a BBC virtual reality documentary about the story of twin sisters whose lives were torn apart by a terrible accident.

Hayabusa2 probes asteroid for secrets

Hayabusa2 helps researchers understand ingredients for life in early solar system The first data received from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft in orbit of asteroid Ryugu helps space scientists explore conditions in the early solar system.

Levitating objects with light

Nanoscale patterning could enable precise manipulation of objects on many scales Researchers at Caltech have designed a way to levitate and propel objects using only light, by creating specific nanoscale patterning on the objects' surfaces.

Supercrystal: A hidden phase of matter created by a burst of light

"Frustration" plus a pulse of laser light resulted in a stable "supercrystal" created by a team of researchers led by Penn State and Argonne National Laboratory, together with University of California, Berkeley, and two other national laboratories.

Seeing through a robot's eyes helps those with profound motor impairments

An interface system that uses augmented reality technology could help individuals with profound motor impairments operate a humanoid robot to feed themselves and perform routine personal care tasks such as scratching an itch and applying skin lotion. The web-based interface displays a "robot's eye view" of surroundings to help users interact with the world through the machine.

Ancient DNA research shines spotlight on Iberia

The largest-ever study of ancient DNA from the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) suggests that the Iberian male lineages were almost completely replaced between 4,500 and 4,000 years ago by newcomers originating on the Russian steppe
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