As computer chips continue to get smaller and more complex, the ultrathin metallic wires that carry electrical signals within these chips have become a weak link. Standard metal wires get worse at conducting electricity as ...
Nanophysics
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Sand is among the most used natural resources on Earth, second only to water.
Environment
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Poofs of smoke and coal ash wafted from a 30-foot pit on Marshall Mesa as an excavator the size of a small house scooped dirt and coal out of the ground.
Environment
Jan 7, 2025
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Local environmentalists and offshore drilling opponents are welcoming President Joe Biden's announcement that he is ordering a ban on new oil and gas drilling that includes along the California coastline, arguing the risks ...
Environment
Jan 7, 2025
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The Great Salt Lake has lost more than 15 billion cubic yards of water over the past three decades, is getting shallower at the rate of 4 inches a year, and an analysis of its water budget suggests reducing irrigation is ...
Environment
Jan 7, 2025
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The upcoming U.S.–India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission will observe Earth like no mission before, offering insights about our planet's ever-changing surface.
Planetary Sciences
Jan 7, 2025
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Plans are nearly complete for a wetlands reserve restoration that will replace trash and weeds with native plants and a public trail in a highly visible spot at the Carlsbad-Oceanside border.
Ecology
Jan 7, 2025
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A tomb recently unearthed in Egypt shows that medicine and magic were once equally revered, and expertise in both earned a long-dead physician to the pharaohs a place of honor among the ancient world's most esteemed.
Archaeology
Jan 7, 2025
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SpaceX sent up the second launch of the year from the Space Coast on Monday afternoon.
Space Exploration
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Dipole toroidal modes are a unique set of excitations that are predicted to occur in various physical systems, ranging from atomic nuclei to metamaterials. What characterizes these excitations, or modes, is a toroidal distribution ...
