Aggregated measurements from millions of smartphones could be used to create a comprehensive map of the Earth's ionosphere, leading to better global positioning systems, according to a new paper published in Nature.
Planetary Sciences
Nov 14, 2024
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A team of horticulturists, bio-breeders and agriculture specialists affiliated with a host of institutions across China has produced sweeter tomatoes without sacrificing size, weight or yield by altering two of their genes. ...
Wastewater injection resulting from oil and gas production in Oklahoma caused a dramatic rise in seismic activity in the state between 2009 and 2015. But regulatory efforts to backfill some injection wells with cement and ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2024
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A study suggests that political abuse is a key feature of political communication on the social media platform, "X," and whether on the political left or right, it is just as common to see politically engaged users abusing ...
Social Sciences
Nov 14, 2024
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Although it is the smallest and lightest atom, hydrogen can have a big impact by infiltrating other materials and affecting their properties, such as superconductivity and metal-insulator-transitions. Now, researchers from ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 14, 2024
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A remote lakeshore deep inside Yosemite National Park teems with life: coyotes, snakes, birds, tadpoles, frogs. The frogs are at the heart of this scene, which a decade ago was much different. It was quiet—and not in a good ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 14, 2024
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The European Parliament on Thursday approved a one-year delay on implementing the bloc's sweeping anti-deforestation rules but also voted to loosen some requirements—raising fresh uncertainty over the landmark law.
Environment
Nov 14, 2024
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Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed mixed fortunes for one of the most distinctive landscapes in the UK. The landscapes—which will be familiar to visitors to the Yorkshire Dales and fans of Harry ...
Ecology
Nov 14, 2024
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Mount Vesuvius, Krakatoa, Mount St. Helens: Since the formation of Earth approximately 4.5 billion years ago, the convection and release of hot magma in its mantle layer has famously led to some of the deadliest eruptions ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 14, 2024
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Spain's traumatized Valencia region emerged unscathed from an urgent rain alert on Thursday, two weeks after the country's deadliest floods in decades killed more than 200 people there.
Environment
Nov 14, 2024
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