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A research team has demonstrated that a simple stack of thermoelectric and magnetic material layers can exhibit a substantially larger transverse thermoelectric effect — energy conversion between electric and heat currents that flow orthogonally to ea…
Today’s rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide increase is 10 times faster than at any other point in the past 50,000 years, researchers have found through a detailed chemical analysis of ancient Antarctic ice.
Researchers have developed a protein-based gel that breaks down alcohol in the gastrointestinal tract without harming the body. In the future, people who take the gel could reduce the harmful and intoxicating effects of alcohol.
Physicists and computer scientists have recently expanded the modern theory of the thermodynamics of computation. By combining approaches from statistical physics and computer science, the researchers introduce mathematical equations that reveal the mi…
Suddenly they appear and — like the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus — can trigger major epidemics: Viruses that nobody had on their radar. They are not really new, but they have changed genetically. In particular, the exchange of genetic material between diff…
The researchers found that birds were more evolutionarily similar on smaller, more isolated islands than on larger, less remote places. The team had expected to find that forested areas had more numerous and more varied species of birds compared to far…
People with the heart condition obstructive cardiomyopathy were able to use significantly more oxygen while exercising after taking the investigational drug aficamten, according to a new study.
Scientists have established a system to generate clonal sex cells in tomato plants and used them to design the genomes of offspring. The fertilization of a clonal egg from one parent by a clonal sperm from another parent led to plants containing the co…
Nature gave ticks, mosquitoes and leaches a quick-acting way to keep blood from clotting while they extract their meal from a host. Now the key to that method has been harnessed by a team of researchers as a potential anti-clotting agent that could be …
Chewy management is not optimistic about the industry outlook in 2024.
There are reasons to buy Lucid’s stock, but the Biden administration’s plan to hike China EV tariffs probably isn’t one of them.
Shares of Carvana are soaring after the company posted a surprise profit in first quarter earnings.
The rental car giant’s shares are reliving a bit of their 2021 glory today. But recent troubles don’t inspire confidence in the rally.
An electric vehicle manufacturer and a tech company? Sounds like a match made in heaven.
Apparently, meme stocks are back — but Nio has had some actual good news for investors, too.
Shares in this electric automaker are drawing the attention of bargain-hunting investors. But is it finally time to buy?
A deal with Sony and some help from President Joe Biden are pushing the stock higher today.
Meet a cyclical company that has turned itself into a reliable dividend stock.
Berkshire Hathaway is a unique company, and investors have to think about it very differently when considering whether to buy, sell, or hold the stock.
The market has gone crazy with stocks made popular during the pandemic.