Understanding the strange behavior of water
The properties of water have fascinated scientists for centuries, but yet its unique behaviour remains a mystery.
Materials Science
Mar 27, 2018
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News tagged with anomalies
Gaia status update—safe mode and recovery
Last month, ESA's Gaia satellite experienced a technical anomaly followed by a 'safe mode' event. After thorough examination, the spacecraft was successfully recovered and resumed normal scientific operations, while the mission ...
Space Exploration
Mar 22, 2018
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Meteorological silk road pattern may take a toll on Eurasian climate in north-jet years
The Silk Road pattern in meteorology is a wave-like teleconnection pattern in the summer propagating eastward under the wave guidance of the upper-tropospheric Asian westerly jet stream. It shows up as alternate southerly ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 23, 2018
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Diagnosing supercomputer problems
A team of computer scientists and engineers from Sandia National Laboratories and Boston University recently received a prestigious award at the International Supercomputing conference for their paper on automatically diagnosing ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 13, 2017
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Study reveals decadal variation of relationship between East Asian summer monsoon and El Nino
East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) is one of the most dominant climate systems in East Asia. The anomalous EASM can cause extreme high temperatures, floods or drought. And the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the dominating ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 9, 2017
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Political views have limited impact on how we perceive climate anomalies, study finds
Individual perceptions of climate anomalies are largely immune to political bias, especially when people observe large and persistent departures from average conditions.
Environment
Oct 30, 2017
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Summer rainfall over the Yangtze River valley can differ after similar El Nino events
It is widely recognized that rainfall over the Yangtze River valley (YRV) strengthens considerably during the decaying summer of El Niño, as demonstrated by the catastrophic flooding suffered in the summer of 1998. Nevertheless, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2017
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Scientists observe gravitational anomaly on Earth
Modern physics has accustomed us to strange and counterintuitive notions of reality—especially quantum physics which is famous for leaving physical objects in strange states of superposition. For example, Schrödinger's ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 21, 2017
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Why did rainfall over Asian inland plateau region undergo abrupt decrease around 1999?
The Asian inland plateau (AIP) is located in the East Asian monsoon marginal areas and mainly includes Mongolia and part of northern China. Covering arid and semi-arid regions, the climate variability of the AIP is complex ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 7, 2017
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NASA scientist studies whether solar storms cause animal beachings
A long-standing mystery among marine biologists is why otherwise healthy whales, dolphins, and porpoises—collectively known as cetaceans—end up getting stranded along coastal areas worldwide. Could severe solar storms, ...
Space Exploration
Feb 2, 2017
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