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Blissful Beach property lakeside stairs in slope failure
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (560+ words) Published 2: 00 pm Thursday, July 9, 2026 By Staff Red Deer Advocate A slope collapse behind a Blissful Beach property on Sylvan Lake has raised concerns that other properties could be in danger. The landslide happened on June 23 and sent trees and tonnes…...
High-throughput screening strategy for catalysts and catalytic reactions
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (174+ words) Credit: Professor Toshiaki Taniike from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan Catalysts are the hidden engines of modern manufacturing, directly involved in more than 80% of chemical processes. However, catalyst development is highly complex because performance is governed…...
Quantum optics may turn this rare visual phenomenon into an eye test
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (577+ words) Engineered light transforms Boehm's brushes from a faint visual pattern into a much brighter one that could help catch retinal disease image: Illustration of the enhanced Boehm's brush patterns observed during a University at Buffalo-led study. Researchers used a quantum…...
Waste cotton stalks and eggshells transformed into reusable biochar for antibiotic removal from wastewater
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (245+ words) Credit: Chong Liu, Gr'gorio Crini, Ricardo Bello-Mendoza, Lee D. Wilson, Ali H. Jawad, Paramasivan Balasubramanian, Xuan Cuong Nguyen, Qingfu Zheng & Fayong Li "Our goal was to design a practical adsorbent that is not only efficient, but also built from low-cost and waste-derived…...
Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (459+ words) Researchers have shown the first direct experimental evidence that the textbook triple bond structure breaks down in heavy elements, where relativity makes the rules. PROVIDENCE, R. I. [Brown University] " Brown University chemists have provided direct evidence that upends the textbook explanation of…...
Quantum material opens new path for studying unusual electronic behavior | Penn State University
9+ hour, 55+ min ago (483+ words) A research team has developed a quantum material that could power devices capable of untraditional transport and grouping of electrical signals and quantum states, testing the material in an experimental device to measure how electricity moves through the material. Credit:…...
Revolutionizing material synthesis with artificial intelligence
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (305+ words) Collaboration between the startup alqem AI and MPI CPf S image: Hanh Nguyen (CEO, left) and Julia Krez (VP Operations, right) examine an arc furnace. Julia Krez, a chemist, earned her Ph. D. under Prof. Claudia Felser and is also a…...
Einstein's Relativity Governs Heavy Element Bonds
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (447+ words) Researchers have shown the first direct experimental evidence that the textbook triple bond structure breaks down in heavy elements, where relativity makes the rules. PROVIDENCE, R. I. [Brown University] - Brown University chemists have provided direct evidence that upends the textbook explanation of…...
Machine learning unlocks a new class of magnetic materials
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (654+ words) Remembering Shaun Guthrie, a CIO leader and friend to many How AI and digital twins are transforming project management in Canada Is workplace culture overtaking corporate prestige in the talent war? Canada's talent hunt: Why the country needs more skilled…...
Dyeing and drying, but not dying - Nature Reviews Chemistry
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (320+ words) Nature Reviews Chemistry (2026) Cite this article In 2015, Freitag and colleagues serendipitously discovered that dye-sensitized solar cells with copper-complex electrolytes continued to function after drying out, performing as well as their liquid predecessors. This launched a new class of sold-state devices,…...