Investing in public education earns high marks for greater upward mobility
Investing in education may help boost economic opportunities for the next generation, according to a team of economists.
Economics & Business
Mar 28, 2018
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Overcoming a battery's fatal flaw
As renewable energy grows as a power source around the world, one key component still eludes the industry: large-scale, stable, efficient and affordable batteries.
Materials Science
Mar 28, 2018
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Research finds dramatic increase in flooding on coastal roads
High tide floods, or so-called "nuisance flooding," that happen along shore roadways during seasonal high tides or minor wind events are occurring far more frequently than ever before. Researchers at the University of New ...
Environment
Mar 28, 2018
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It's a trap—Researchers identify the process by which holes get trapped in ZnO nanoparticles
When a solar cell absorbs a photon of light, it starts an electronic race against time. Two particles—a negatively charged electron and positively charged "hole"—generate electricity if they fully separate.
Materials Science
Mar 28, 2018
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Misestimating travel times may stop people from walking or biking to work
Worries about the extra time needed to walk or bike to work is a big reason people hop into their cars for their daily commute, but walking or biking probably wouldn't take as long as they think, according to researchers.
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2018
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Tiangong-1 crash—why it's so hard to predict where space debris will land and what can be done about it
The now defunct Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is en route to crash into Earth – completing its "atmospheric reentry phase". While experts have been aware that this would happen for more than a year, there has been huge ...
Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2018
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Why it's so hard to #DeleteFacebook—constant psychological boosts keep you hooked
Here we go again: another Facebook controversy, yet again violating our sense of privacy by letting others harvest our personal information. This flareup is a big one to be sure, leading some people to consider leaving Facebook ...
Internet
Mar 28, 2018
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On dangerous ground—land degradation is turning soils into deserts
If any of us still has the slightest doubt that we are facing an ecological crisis on an unprecedented scale, then a new report on land degradation, released this week by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity ...
Environment
Mar 28, 2018
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Image: Proba-1 pyramid spotting
A view looking north to south of Egypt's famous Giza Pyramid Complex, as seen by ESA's Proba-1 minisatellite.
Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2018
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The tragic story of America's only native parrot, now extinct for 100 years
It was winter in upstate New York in 1780 in a rural town called Schoharie, home to the deeply religious Palatine Germans. Suddenly, a flock of gregarious red and green birds flew into town, seemingly upon a whirlwind.
Ecology
Mar 28, 2018
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