A team at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility led by a William & Mary physicist has made a significant advancement in physics understanding that represents a key step toward practical fusion energy.
Plasma Physics
May 21, 2020
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Operation Decoy Dan begins at dawn.
Plants & Animals
May 20, 2020
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A new study by Zach Conrad, assistant professor in William & Mary's Department of Kinesiology & Health Sciences, finds that the average American consumer spends roughly $1,300 per year on food that ends up being wasted.
Economics & Business
Apr 21, 2020
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One of many things that the COVID-19 pandemic will be remembered for is the introduction of the term "social distancing" to the global lexicon. The term is being used to describe a collective behavior designed to maintain ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2020
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It's become an all-too-common variety of news story: Dead whales whose digestive systems are clogged with plastic. Increasing numbers of seabirds eating plastic, often with dire consequences. Ditto with turtles and fish.
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2020
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Immigration. Abortion. Guns. Name a third-rail conversation topic and chances are Xiaowen Xu is talking about it—and she knows you are, too.
Political science
Feb 14, 2020
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Excess nitrogen is a major threat to water quality in coastal waters worldwide. Found in treated wastewater, farm and lawn fertilizers and combustion exhaust, it fuels blooms of algae that shade submerged grasses and suck ...
Environment
Jan 20, 2020
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There are two characteristics that work together to make spider silk so strong and tough.
Materials Science
Jan 16, 2020
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During WWII, naval oceanographers discovered a reflective layer that rose and fell across their sonar screens once each day. Further research revealed that it comprised swarms of fish and tiny sea creatures called zooplankton ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2020
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Oysters once dominated the ecosystem of the Chesapeake Bay, and it would be difficult, if not impossible, for the Bay to return to full ecological health without restoring Crassostrea virginica to its glory days of the Chesapeake's ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 21, 2019
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