New Starbucks cups reduce plastic and water waste while making them more user-friendly for the visually impaired

New Starbucks cups reduce plastic and water waste while making them more user-friendly for the visually impaired

Starbucks has launched a new line of cups that the company says will keep more than 13.5 million pounds of plastic out of landfills each year.New cup announced in advance …

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A New Spin in Materials Analysis: Benefits of Probing Electron Spin States with Higher Resolution and Efficiency

A New Spin in Materials Analysis: Benefits of Probing Electron Spin States with Higher Resolution and Efficiency

Graphical summary. Credit: Advanced Materials Science and Technology: Methods (2024). DOI: 10.1080/27660400.2024.2328206 Electron spin states can now be detected with higher resolution and more efficiently, opening up new opportunities in …

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Billionaire Kam Ghaffarian sets his sights on space companies

Billionaire Kam Ghaffarian sets his sights on space companies

Jeff Bezos wants to establish a permanent outpost on the moon and colonize space. Richard Branson wants to make space flight as common as air travel. Elon Musk hopes to …

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EPA designates 2 permanent chemicals as hazardous, eligible for Superfund cleanup

EPA designates 2 permanent chemicals as hazardous, eligible for Superfund cleanup

Washington (AP) Environmental Protection Agency Two permanent chemicals used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foam were designated as hazardous substances on Friday, a move aimed at ensuring faster cleanup of …

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Mobile genetic elements may inadvertently suppress bacterial immune systems, study suggests

Mobile genetic elements may inadvertently suppress bacterial immune systems, study suggests

Graphical summary of the study. Image source: RecA-dependent or -independent plasmid DNA recombination conflicts with host EcoKI immunity by initiating restriction relief. Bacterial restriction modification systems are responsible for protecting …

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Technological Experiments to Relieve (Cosmic) Tension

Technological Experiments to Relieve (Cosmic) Tension

Comparison of resolution of CMB data collected by Planck and SPT-3G. Image source: Antarctic Telescope: https://pole.uchicago.edu/public/Home.html Thanks to a dizzying growth in tools for observing and measuring the universe, as …

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Astronomers discover a massive, sleeping giant black hole less than 2,000 light-years from Earth

Astronomers discover a massive, sleeping giant black hole less than 2,000 light-years from Earth

Astronomers have discovered the most massive stellar black hole known in the Milky Way after detecting an unusual wobble in space. It is Gaia BH3, its mass is nearly 33 …

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