News tagged with daily temperatures

Daily temperature fluctuations play major role in transmission of dengue, research finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Daily temperature fluctuations, not just high temperatures, play a significant role in the transmission of dengue, a deadly mosquito-borne disease that strikes millions of people in tropical ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists track warming trend in northwestern North America

A new Montana State University study says that weather, especially in late winter and early spring, is getting warmer in northwestern North America.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1




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Next up: Smart homes

You've got a smartphone and maybe a smart TV, and may have heard that smart refrigerators are in the works. Next up: the smart home.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Track Atlantic bluefin tuna to learn migration, habitat secrets

New fish-tagging studies of young bluefin tuna in Atlantic waters off New England by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are offering the first fishery-independent, year-round data on dispersal ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Triple whammy: Ocean warming, La Nina, and cyclone produced Queensland floods

(Phys.org) -- A record La Niña event coupled with tropical cyclone Tasha generated most of the record deluge of rain that devastated much of Queensland in December 2010, but a new study has found that ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Wettest April in UK since 1767 according to longest rainfall dataset

(Phys.org) -- Last month was the wettest April on record according to data from the UK's longest running rainfall data collection station. Although April 2012 was widely reported to be the wettest drought ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Next-generation nanoelectronics: A decade of progress, coming advances

Traditional silicon-based integrated circuits are found in many applications, from large data servers to cars to cell phones. Their widespread integration is due in part to the semiconductor industry's ability to continue ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Space probes will be more useful with new amplifiers

Researchers at Chalmers have developed a new generation of amplifiers, which the European Space Agency (ESA) will be using throughout the world to receive signals from its space probes and satellites. ESA ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers use weather model to recommend East Coast offshore wind farms

Most energy experts agree that cheap, clean, renewable wind energy holds great potential to help the world satisfy energy needs while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. But how can fluctuating wind power be ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new insight into horse flu

The management of influenza outbreaks in horses will directly benefit from research by the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Do urban 'heat islands' hint at trees of future?

City streets can be mean, but somewhere near Brooklyn, a tree grows far better than its country cousins, due to chronically elevated city heat levels, says a new study. The study, just published in the journal ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Breaking the ice on icebergs

(Phys.org) -- Icebergs are a natural and beautiful part of Earth's cryosphere, and are closely monitored and studied by scientists around the world.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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