A study examining the urban microclimatic impact of the 2019-20 Australian bushfires has uncovered how they affect local meteorological and air quality.
Environment
Jul 9, 2020
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Any uptake in electric vehicle use must be mirrored by the development of clean energy grids to mitigate both climate change and air pollution.
Environment
Jul 7, 2020
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Researchers in the USA have developed a graphene-based electrochemical sensor capable of detecting histamines (allergens) and toxins in food much faster than standard laboratory tests.
Nanomaterials
Jun 10, 2020
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Researchers in the US have developed a new multi-organ-on-a-chip to test how new drugs affect the human body's vital organs.
Biotechnology
Mar 2, 2020
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149
A laser system that generates spinning light particles could lead to the strong kind of computational power needed to solve complex biological problems. The system, which improves on previous ones, is described in the journal ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 21, 2020
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142
An international research team has called for a more sober discourse around climate change prospects, following an extensive reassessment of climate change's progress and its mitigation.
Environment
Nov 21, 2019
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A superconducting rotor has been successfully tested on an active wind turbine for the first time.
Superconductivity
Nov 12, 2019
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New research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has quantified the climate and air quality impacts of aviation, broken down by emission type, altitude and location.
Environment
Nov 8, 2019
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A new study has estimated for the first time how the eruption of Mount Tambora changed the probability of the cold and wet European 'year without a summer' of 1816.
Earth Sciences
Sep 17, 2019
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182
Researchers from China, France and the U.S. have evaluated China's success in stemming emissions from its coal-fired power plants (CPPs).
Environment
Sep 12, 2019
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