Wind power on a smaller scale carries potential
If Abigail Stutzman has anything to say about it, small wind turbines will someday dot backyards across the Midwest.
If Abigail Stutzman has anything to say about it, small wind turbines will someday dot backyards across the Midwest.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 13, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Notre Dame astronomer Peter Garnavich and a team of collaborators have discovered a distant star that exploded when its center became so hot that matter and anti-matter particle pairs were created. ...
Astronomy
Jan 4, 2010
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The total solar eclipse across North America on April 8, 2024, is a stunning and memorable event for everyone in its path. However, eclipses are not just valued for their visual impact, they are at the heart of cutting-edge ...
Astronomy
Apr 9, 2024
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On a sunny February day at Dallas' Frontiers of Flight Museum, a cluster of students lifted telescope equipment out of a bulky briefcase. A sticker on the case read: "stand backâwe're going to science!"
Space Exploration
Mar 12, 2024
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When darkness sweeps across the landscape during a total solar eclipse, unusual things start happening. Fooled by the false dusk, birds stop singing, crickets start chirping, and bees return to their hives.
Planetary Sciences
Feb 12, 2024
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Between now and the mid-2030s, multiple space agencies hope to send crewed missions to the moon. of These plans all involve establishing bases around the moon's southern polar region, including the Artemis Base Camp and the ...
Space Exploration
Sep 14, 2023
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To most travelers on Interstate 15 between Barstow and Las Vegas, the Mojave Desert's jagged Soda Mountains rise above a seemingly lifeless wasteland of hellish sand dunes, lava flows and vast flatlands.
Ecology
Feb 7, 2023
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The summer of 2022, which saw repeated heat waves, fires, and droughts in Europe and around the world, is confirmation that the effects of global warming are coming on stronger and faster than even the most pessimistic forecasts. ...
Economics & Business
Dec 21, 2022
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Hydropower is the dominant source of energy in the Amazon region, the world's largest river basin and a hotspot for future hydropower development. However, a new Global Environmental Change study warns that in the coming ...
Environment
Oct 14, 2021
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Massachusetts has installed solar panels faster than almost any other state as it seeks to reduce its carbon emissions. But some activists say the state's transition to renewable energy has come at a cost.
Environment
May 4, 2021
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