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UAlbany Chemists Create New High-Energy Compound to Fuel Space Flight

University at Albany chemists have created a new high-energy compound that could revolutionize rocket fuel and make space flights more efficient. 

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Tiny Cell Messengers in Obese Individuals Accelerate Alzheimer’s Linked Plaque Buildup in the Brain

Obesity has long been acknowledged as a risk factor for a wide range of diseases, but a more precise link between obesity and Alzheimer’s disease has remained a mystery – until now.

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Record-Breaking 2024 Amazon Fires Drive Unprecedented Carbon Emissions and Ecosystem Degradation

A new study by researchers at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre reveals that the Amazon rainforest has just undergone its most devastating forest fire season in over two decades, which triggered record-breaking carbon emissions and exposed the region’s growing ecological fragility despite a slowing trend in deforestation. 

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New Imaging Tech Promises to Help Doctors Better Diagnose and Treat Skin Cancers

A University of Arizona research team will receive nearly $2.7 million from the NIH's Common Fund Venture Program to advance next-generation imaging technologies that allow deeper, clearer views inside the body without the need for invasive procedures.

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Tree-ring Data Sheds Light on Past and Present Summer Climate Extremes

A new study led by scientists at the University of Arizona used historical tree-ring data to study a key driver for widespread, extreme summer weather events: locked jet stream wave patterns that are often preceded by winter La Niña conditions in the Pacific.

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Concrete “Battery” Developed at MIT Now Packs 10 Times the Power

Improved carbon-cement supercapacitors could turn the concrete around us into massive energy storage systems.

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New Space Weather Modelling Suite Enables Upper Atmosphere Forecasting

New suite of space weather forecasting models focuses on how space weather can influence the thermosphere and ionosphere here on Earth.

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How to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ammonia Production

Ammonia is one of the most widely produced chemicals in the world, used mostly as fertilizer, but also for the production of some plastics, textiles, and other applications.

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UMD Researchers Create First System to Track Near-Real Time Changes to Global Land Cover

Scientists can now receive near-real-time alerts about the world’s lands as their surfaces change, thanks to a new satellite-based monitoring system described today in Nature Communications.

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Understanding the Climate Cost of Cleaning Our Water

Each year, U.S. wastewater treatment plants clean trillions of gallons of water, from what we flush down the toilet to drain down the sink.

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