Should the periodic table bear a warning label in the 21st century or be revised with a lesson about elemental supply and demand? If so, that lesson could start with one element considered a staple of life – but growing ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2011
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Scientists predict that continued global warming under current trends could lead to an elevation of the sea level by as much as five meters by the year 3000 CE.
Environment
Dec 22, 2021
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Renewable energy reached a big milestone in 2011, surging to a record $257 billion in global investments, the U.N. Environment Program announced, up 17 percent from 2010 and a sixfold increase over the past seven years. The ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 18, 2012
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Our civilisation faces the greatest challenge in the history of our species. It consists of ten huge, man-made threats, which are now coming together to imperil our future.
Environment
Sep 19, 2016
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Warming in the 21st century reduced Colorado River flows by at least 0.5 million acre-feet, about the amount of water used by 2 million people for one year, according to new research from the University of Arizona and Colorado ...
Environment
Feb 21, 2017
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Disney on Wednesday reported that its profit soared in the recently-ended quarter as it merged with 21st Century Fox.
Business
May 9, 2019
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Shifts in the timing and duration of ice cover, especially the possible lengthening of ice-free periods, may impact polar bears under projected warming before the end of the 21st century, according to a study published November ...
Ecology
Nov 26, 2014
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In Robert Langer's vision of the future, the paralyzed walk, the sick are healed, the maimed are whole again, and it all happens through bioengineering.
Materials Science
Feb 4, 2014
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Despite a world of opportunities just a click away, there has been no significant shift in the uptake of lifelong learning over the past decade according to new research.
Social Sciences
Apr 2, 2012
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Robots will fundamentally change the shape of the workforce in the next decade but many industries will still need a human touch, a QUT Future of Work Conference has heard.
Robotics
Mar 24, 2015
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