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Study of Over 37,000 People Reveals 14-Hour Fasting Improves Hunger, Mood and Sleep

Eating in a ten-hour window is associated with higher energy and mood and lower hunger levels, new results from the largest UK community science study of its kind shows.
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Rapid Arctic Warming Will Quicken Global 2 °C Rise by Eight Years

Faster warming in the Arctic will be responsible for a global 2 °C temperature rise being reached eight years earlier than if the region was warming at the average global rate, according to a new modelling study led by UCL researchers.
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Capturing and Recycling CO2 To Create New Sustainable Plastics

A scientific team led by chemists at the University of Liège has developed a new polyurethane production technique using CO2 to create new types of easily recyclable plastics.
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Parts of the US Are Still Being Shaken by Earthquakes From the 1800s

Aftershocks follow large earthquakes — sometimes for weeks, other times for decades. But in the U.S., some areas may be experiencing shocks from centuries-old events.
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Protein Helps Marine Worms Distinguish Between Different Moon Phases

Researchers have taken the first steps towards decoding the circalunar clock, which helps marine bristle worms distinguish between sunlight and moonlight as well as between different moon phases.
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New Water-Based Adhesive Can Be Recycled by Changing pH

A research team has developed a reversible, water-based glue that has good adhesion in the neutral pH range, but can be detached again in strongly acidic or alkaline environments.
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How Is Climate Change Affecting Your Brain?

An international team of academics explore the ways in which research has shown that a changing environment affects how our brains work, and how climate change could impact our brain function in the future.
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New Model Can Better Predict European Megafloods

When floods are predicted only on the basis of local data, there may be unpleasant surprises. A new method makes it possible to significantly improve predictions - using international data from hydrologically similar areas.
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Peatlands in Finland Are Expanding By One Centimeter Per Year

Previously, it was thought that the lateral expansion of peatlands in Fennoscandia has halted or significantly slowed, as the flat areas susceptible to peat formation have already turned into peatland.
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Liquid Metals Shake Up Century-Old Chemical Engineering Processes

Liquid metals could be the long-awaited solution to “greening” the chemical industry, according to researchers who tested a new technique they hope can replace energy-intensive chemical engineering processes.
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