Astronomers from Austria and Northern Ireland have inspected a peculiar extreme helium supergiant star known as HD 144941. Results of the new study, published October 21 on the arXiv pre-print server, indicate that HD 144941 ...
Absolute zero—the most appropriate temperature for both quantum experiments and quantum computing—makes it easier to describe a system by relying on a set of fundamental propositions. One of them, the quantum adiabatic ...
Quantum Physics
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As part of COP26, we asked people in six regions to imagine a globally net zero, climate-resilient future. Here's what they came up with.
Environment
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A team of researchers have found nanoplastics at the pristine high-altitude Sonnblick Observatory in the Alps. This is the first time that nanoplastics have been found in this area. The researchers were originally looking ...
Environment
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Twitter is full of jokes, memes, and exasperated ramblings about ongoing supply chain issues. Shortages and delays have been happening throughout the pandemic—who can forget the scramble for toilet paper? But even now, ...
Economics & Business
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The Volta Grande region of the Amazon is a lush, fertile zone supplied by the Xingu River, whose biodiverse lagoons and islands have earned its designation as a priority conservation area by Brazil's Ministry of the Environment.
Environment
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Nine fast-flowing glaciers in West Antarctica have been named after locations of important climate treaties, conferences and reports. One of the glaciers is now called Glasgow Glacier to mark the city hosting the COP26 climate ...
Environment
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Kuwaiti society lacks awareness of the issue of climate change and the impact it will have on the country, says a report by the Kuwait Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), published today ...
Environment
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Organoid technologies have become a powerful emerging tool to model liver diseases, for drug screening, and for personalized treatments. Assoc. Prof. Tamer Önder of Koç University and his team generated and characterized ...
Cell & Microbiology
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We often think that it's up to governments and industry to play a major role in tackling climate change.
Environment
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