Impurities in the plasmas in fusion tokamaks can reduce performance. These impurities are created by interactions between the hot plasma and the metal tokamak walls. These walls are often armored with tungsten. This material ...
Plasma Physics
Oct 15, 2021
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Many TV shows have a scene where a customer attempts to buy a potentially embarrassing product—a pornographic magazine perhaps or a diarrhea treatment—only to have the assistant loudly check the price or ask questions ...
Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2021
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When Hurricane Ida roared to shore in Louisiana last month, a system of flood gates, levees, and pumps largely kept the water out of New Orleans. Natural barriers such as wetlands, islands, and even oyster reefs also played ...
Environment
Oct 15, 2021
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Assistant Professor Kang Hao Cheong and his research team from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have set out to apply concepts from quantum Parrondo's paradox in search of a working protocol for semiclassical ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 15, 2021
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In its hearing on Oct. 13, 2021, the Supreme Court appeared to favor reinstating the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found guilty of planting homemade bombs, with the help of his brother, Tamerlan, along the ...
Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2021
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Prairie dogs—those chubby little burrowing rodents found in grasslands across the central and western United States—may not have TikTok or Instagram but they do have intricate social networks. Understanding their connections, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 15, 2021
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RABI's Big Farming Survey results have revealed that despite the farming community facing significant mental and physical health challenges, more than 50% remain optimistic about the future of their farm businesses.
Agriculture
Oct 15, 2021
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A new report involving an Exeter expert shows how action to mitigate climate chance could promote human health.
Environment
Oct 15, 2021
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As competition in space tourism heats up, one of the first companies to offer space travel to fee-paying customers is launching a comeback by blasting into orbit with a Japanese billionaire.
Space Exploration
Oct 15, 2021
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The International Space Station was briefly destabilised Friday during tests of a Russian-made Soyuz rocket, but the crew and the orbital station were not in danger, Moscow said.
Space Exploration
Oct 15, 2021
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