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Social Sciences May 4, 2022

Chicago police data study yields index for identifying networks of criminal cops

New research led by Northwestern University can help officials identify hidden networks of officers engaging in misconduct and criminal behavior within police organizations. The study shows that police misconduct is a group ...

General Physics May 3, 2022

New control electronics for quantum computers that improve performance, cut costs

When designing a next-generation quantum computer, a surprisingly large problem is bridging the communication gap between the classical and quantum worlds. Such computers need a specialized control and readout electronics ...

General Physics Apr 19, 2022

Almost ready for prime time: Deep UV photodetectors head to real-world testing

Numerous devices and detectors sense and catalog deep ultraviolet frequencies that the Earth's ozone layer otherwise absorbs. Most solar-blind space-borne imaging platforms still rely on photomultiplier tubes and/or microchannel ...

Space Exploration Apr 18, 2022

Satellite payloads soar into space with liftoff of Long March-4C rocket

An atmospheric environment monitoring satellite was sent into space by the Long March-4C rocket lifting off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province, north China early Saturday.

Agriculture Apr 8, 2022

Transfer and transformation of heavy metals and antibiotics during broiler breeding-manure-composting

The substitution of organic fertilizer is the core of "chemical fertilizer reduction" in agriculture, while heavy metals and antibiotics in organic fertilizer are unavoidable environmental risk factors. Intensive farming ...

Earth Sciences Mar 29, 2022

Planet-scale MRI: High resolution illumination of Earth's interior down to the planet's core

Earthquakes do more than buckle streets and topple buildings. Seismic waves generated by earthquakes pass through the Earth, acting like a giant MRI machine and providing clues to what lies inside the planet.

Environment Mar 25, 2022

Artificial hail for more accurate weather forecasts

When the low-pressure system dubbed Bernd decided to park itself over part of Central Europe in the summer of 2021, the hazards associated with excessive rainfall events were made dramatically apparent in the form of the ...

Earth Sciences Mar 18, 2022

Using your cellphone to improve weather forecasts

Ahead of World Meteorological Day, you can help improve weather forecasting models with CAMALIOT, an infrastructure and app that uses GPS from smartphones to support scientific research. Join our crowdsourcing campaign on ...

Earth Sciences Mar 11, 2022

Time is running out to counteract global climate change

The increase in emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is only one of several serious global threats to our continued existence on Earth, and their reduction is at the core of international agreements like the ...

Astronomy Mar 10, 2022

The start of the birth of planets in a binary star system observed

Astronomers have observed primordial material that may be giving birth to three planetary systems around a binary star in unprecedented detail.

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