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Potassium Approaches Plasmonics’ Low Optical Loss Limit
Potassium is stepping into the spotlight as researchers report a new route toward the elusive low-loss performance limit in plasmonics....
Bulk Acoustic Resonator with Vertical Electrodes Enables Wideband Filters
A team led by Stettler, Navarro-Gessé, Collado and colleagues has unveiled a new kind of bulk acoustic resonator (BAR) designed...
Flexible Payments for Environmental Services Boost Cost-Effectiveness in Brazilian Amazon
A new study suggests that tweaking how payments for environmental services (PES) work could make them significantly more cost-effective in...
Meta-analysis Compares Nasal Interfaces and Face Masks During Preterm Birth Respiratory Support
About 10% of newborns need breathing assistance immediately after birth, and premature infants are among those most likely to require...
Uber and Lyft’s Impact on Jobs, Wages, and Economic Growth
A new study published in Nature Cities suggests that ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft are reshaping urban labor markets in...
Knitted RFID Yarns Enable Smart Fabrics for Motion Sensing and Identification
A team of researchers has unveiled a path toward truly interactive clothing by knitting radio-frequency identification (RFID) functionality directly into...
Neural Network Models Free Recall, Revealing Multiple Memory Strategies
Scientists have long explained human free recall—remembering items in an order that often matches when they were experienced—by a single...
KAIST Creates AI That Theorizes the World from Observation, Like Children
A KAIST research team has unveiled a next-generation “world model” designed to learn executable explanations rather than just anticipate what...
Evaluating Industry Effects of Alternative Lactide Production for Polylactic Acid Manufacturing
Researchers report a redesigned route to produce lactide—the crucial precursor for polylactic acid (PLA)—with the promise of higher efficiency and...
Hybrid system enables real-time freehand 3D panoramic photoacoustic angiography mapping
A new imaging approach is turning freehand scanning into a practical route for high-resolution 3D vascular views. In a study...
High-Throughput AC Electrospinning Enables Nanofibrous Yarn Fabrication
A team of researchers has unveiled a manufacturing route that turns electrospinning from a slow, laboratory technique into a high-throughput...
Paid Family Leave Policies Aim to Boost Breastfeeding, Study Finds
A new analysis argues that U.S. paid family leave policies may be catching up to what breastfeeding science has already...
Redlined U.S. neighborhoods face disproportionate exposure to extreme flood risks
A new study published in Nature Communications reports that historically redlined communities in the United States face sharply higher exposure...
China’s urban building energy efficiency costs outweighed by energy savings
Urban buildings hold a decisive lever for decarbonization—but the economics of improving their energy efficiency have been hard to pin...
Skin-Adhesive Bimodal Patch Measures Occlusal Function for Dental Assessment
A team of researchers has unveiled a skin-adhesive “bimodal” sensing patch designed to monitor how well the mouth is performing...
Open-Access Database Charts Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance Risks in Coastal Waters
A new open-access Coastal Water Pathogen Database (CWPD) is designed to bring together scattered evidence on microbial hazards in nearshore...
Planetary-Mass Exosatellite Detected Orbiting Substellar Companion
Brown dwarfs bridge the gap between planets and stars, occupying a mass range that challenges both definitions and expectations. In...
Metasurface Platform Enables Independent, Concurrent Emissivity Control in MWIR and LWIR
A new study in Light: Science & Applications reports a metasurface platform that can tailor thermal emission in two infrared...
Mass Spectrometry Imaging Tracks Different Starting Steps of Benzalkonium Degradation
A new study has used high-resolution mass spectrometry imaging to map how benzalkonium—an antiseptic and common disinfectant—begins to break down...
Synchronized ventilatory chest compressions improve outcomes in asphyxiated piglets
Pediatric resuscitation guidelines typically pair uninterrupted chest compressions with asynchronous ventilation after an advanced airway is placed—a practice built on...