Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm was set to announce a "major scientific breakthrough" Tuesday in the decades-long quest to harness fusion, the energy that powers the sun and stars.
Plasma Physics
Dec 13, 2022
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The Higgs boson, the fundamental subatomic particle associated with the Higgs field, was first discovered in 2012 as part of the ATLAS and CMS experiments, both of which analyze data collected at CERN's Large Hadron Collider ...
Professor Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor and associate professor of ethics and society at Vanderbilt, has edited and published "Religion, Race, and COVID-19: Confronting White Supremacy ...
Social Sciences
Nov 7, 2022
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The interaction of light with matter lies at the heart of processes in nature and in society. For example, in a solar cell, light is converted to an electrical current, but the efficiency of this conversion process can be ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 7, 2022
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Wheat is a staple crop that provides 20% of the world population's caloric and human protein intake. Although wheat is essential for human and livestock diets, these plants are continuously preyed upon by insect herbivores ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 8, 2022
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The further people in Sub-Saharan Africa live from the coast, the greater the likelihood of a comparatively low standard of living. This is the conclusion reached by economists at the University of Bayreuth in a study of ...
Economics & Business
Jul 26, 2022
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The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission will greatly expand our knowledge of the high-energy universe, and recently passed two key milestones on its path to observing the cosmos.
Space Exploration
Jul 19, 2022
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Synthetic dimensions in photonics offer exciting new ways to manipulate light, to study physical phenomena with exotic connectivities, and explore higher-dimensional physics. Dynamically modulated ring resonator systems, ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 21, 2022
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Queensland residents are facing yet another arduous clean-up after floods inundated roads and towns last week.
Social Sciences
May 17, 2022
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Ages 17-21 are important transitional years as young adults learn to become adults with more responsibilities. Many youth have family members who provide social and financial support to help them during this critical time; ...
Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2022
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