Late-December geopolitics: The year-end calm that isn’t — And what it means for the global economy

The last weeks of December are usually a lull: thinner trading desks, shuttered parliaments, executives on leave. Yet ...
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Genomic study shows how vascular plants adapt to aquatic life

Vascular plants that moved back into the water did not simply shed complexity and shrink their genomes. New genomic work ...

Lucky country losing ground: Top CEOs on the risks we can’t ignore

Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald asked 55 of Australia’s top chiefs on what keeps them up at night.

Femtosecond laser technique captures elusive atomic oxygen in water

A never-before-seen image of individual oxygen atoms dissolved in water has been captured.

Ultrashort laser pulses catch a snapshot of a 'molecular handshake'

Liquids and solutions are complex environments—think, for example, of sugar dissolving in water, where each sugar molecule ...

Microplastics Are Leaking Invisible Chemical Clouds Into Rivers and Oceans

Researchers have mapped the molecular changes that unfold as sunlight causes plastics to leach dissolved organic matter, findings that could reshape understanding of ecosystem health, water quality, ...