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Environment Jul 31, 2024

How AI and satellite imaging are helping detect wildfires in Colorado before they grow

A new artificial intelligence program will help identify wildfires as small as an acre by scanning images taken by weather satellites orbiting about 22,000 miles above the Earth's surface.

Environment Jul 31, 2024

Mediterranean heat wave 'virtually impossible' without climate change: Scientists

The punishing heat experienced around the Mediterranean in July would have been "virtually impossible" in a world without global warming, a group of climate scientists said Wednesday.

Superconductivity Jul 31, 2024

New technique measures superconductivity at very high pressures

In 1911, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered the first superconductor, metallic mercury when cooled to a critical temperature of 4.2 Kelvin, where it conducts electricity without resistance. Ever since materials scientists ...

Archaeology Jul 31, 2024

Woman buried 12,000 years ago in Turkey may have been a shaman

A small team of archaeologists in the Republic of Türkiye has identified a woman who was buried approximately 12,000 years ago in a neolithic settlement now called Çemka Höyük as a possible shaman.

Biotechnology Jul 31, 2024

With biodiversity under threat, scientists suggest the need for a new biorepository—on the moon

With numerous species facing extinction, an international team of researchers has proposed an innovative solution to protect the planet's biodiversity: a lunar biorepository. This concept, detailed in a recent article in ...

Quantum Physics Jul 31, 2024

A new technique to calculate the physical running of couplings in quadratic gravity

Researchers at the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste, University of Massachusetts, and Instituto de Física Teórica at Universidade Estadual Paulista in Brazil recently introduced an alternative approach ...

Planetary Sciences Jul 31, 2024

Additional planet orbiting the star TOI-1408 discovered

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, an international team of astronomers has detected a second planet orbiting a distant main sequence star known as TOI-1408. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-1408 ...

Earth Sciences Jul 31, 2024

Volcanoes and wine: Eruptions reduced historical Moselle Valley vineyard production

Climate has an important role to play in viticulture (wine production) due to the impacts on grape harvest from variability in parameters such as temperature, precipitation and aridity. Warmer and drier climates with long ...

Economics & Business Jul 31, 2024

New report shows greater interest in labor unions, especially among young workers

A new report from the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy reveals significant changes in support for labor unions among U.S. workers.

Optics & Photonics Jul 31, 2024

Bright prospects for engineering quantum light

Computers benefit greatly from being connected to the internet, so we might ask: What good is a quantum computer without a quantum internet?

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