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As transistors get smaller, the electrodes must also continue to shrink 0
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- July 8, 2026
The use of ultrathin 2D semiconductor materials promises to shrink transistors down to the nanometer scale. However, to achieve a substantial increase in the number of these transistors that can fit on a chip, it is necessary to reduce the metal contacts that connect them to external circuitry. Until now, it has been unclear how
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Why paying peer reviewers works, according to a journal editor-in-chief 0
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- July 8, 2026
Paying reviewers led to faster first editorial decisions and higher quality reviews in a trial in the journal open biology.Credit: Phimwilai Kitsuriya/Getty Science depends on peer review, but the process can be delayed. To solve this problem, in July 2024, the magazine open biology He tried something unconventional: paying his reviewers. In the six-month experiment,
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Cottonwood Fire Chars Utah – NASA Science 0
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- July 8, 2026
After a winter with below-average snowpack and an unusually warm and dry start to summer, the National Interagency Fire Center warned that the Great Basin and parts of the Rocky Mountains faced an elevated risk of wildfires in July 2026. The warning was accurate. By July 7, firefighters worked to contain nearly three dozen large
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Plant membranes transport lipids to stay firm under thermal stress 0
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- July 8, 2026
Holthuis, J.C.M. and Menon, Alaska Nature 51048–57 (2014). Article PubMed Google Scholar Los, D.A. and Leusenko, A.V. Biochemistry 23198-103 (2025). Article PubMed Google Scholar Fan, S. et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10726-x (2026). Google Scholar article Kan, Y., Mu, XR.-R., Gao, J., Lin, H.-X. and Lin, Y. Mol. Plant 161612-1634 (2023). Article PubMed Google Scholar Oger, PM
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How to expand access to the critical minerals the world needs 0
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- July 8, 2026
When China tightened export licenses for seven rare earth elements in April 2025, Western governments responded in the same way they have to every other critical minerals crisis of the past five years. The European Union accelerated the issuance of extraction permits under the Critical Raw Materials Act. The United States expanded subsidies for domestic
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‘Humanizer’ tool can erase signs of text written by AI: alarms scientists 0
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- July 7, 2026
Machines are increasingly used to edit written results.Credit: Getty A new “humanizing” academic tool aims to personalize the tone of research papers written with an artificial intelligence program, in part by erasing apparent signs of AI use. Some researchers praise the tool, but others express concern. The tool, launched on June 20, is designed for
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