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Ecology Jul 31, 2024

In defense of midges

As summer arrives, many people are escaping to the remote and tranquil corners of the UK for their holidays. However, in certain parts of the country, your peaceful retreat often comes with a familiar guest in the form of ...

Environment Jul 31, 2024

Revealing the influences on La Niña and El Niño weather conditions

Weather, such as unexpected storms, can influence the climate outcomes of La Niña and El Niño events, determining how much rainfall there is, according to new research by CSIRO, Australia's national science agency.

General Physics Jul 31, 2024

Cryomodule assembly technicians rev up Jefferson Lab's electron-beam racetrack

At the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, the underground Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) more closely resembles a racetrack than it does a racecar. As a DOE ...

Economics & Business Jul 30, 2024

The right to disconnect is coming to Australia—what does this mean for you?

Next month, changes to the Australian Fair Work Act will give workers the formal right to disconnect from all work communication outside their usual work hours.

Nanophysics Jul 30, 2024

New, more sustainable method for manufacturing microchips and other nanoscale devices

Putting 50 billion transistors into a microchip the size of a fingernail is a feat that requires manufacturing methods of nanometer level precision—layering of thin films, then etching, depositing, or using photolithography ...

Environment Jul 30, 2024

Evacuations, destruction as California's largest fire of year rages

Throngs of firefighters were mobilized in California Monday to battle the state's largest blaze of the year, which has prompted thousands of evacuations and already burned an area larger than the city of Los Angeles.

Environment Jul 29, 2024

Q&A: Why wildfires don't just burn, but can also pollute aquatic ecosystems

Last week, wildfires blazed across western Canada, turning the town of Jasper, located near Alberta's Jasper National Park, into ashes. The local government estimated that the fire damaged or destroyed up to half of the town's ...

Environment Jul 29, 2024

More Aussies are concerned the transition to renewables will hurt them financially

Support for Australia transitioning to renewable energy is strong across the country (with 59% support), but 41% are concerned about the negative impacts of the transition to green energy on cost-of-living and household energy ...

Materials Science Jul 29, 2024

New research on 3D-printed materials toward future generations of stronger, lighter plastics

A new analysis of the deformation mechanisms which cause 3D-printed materials to fail under strain could help create future generations of stronger, lighter plastics, unlocking transformative benefits for industry.

Agriculture Jul 29, 2024

US farmers want to adapt to climate change, but crop insurance won't let them

In Kansas, where a prolonged drought has killed crops and eroded the soil, Gail Fuller's farm is like an oasis. Sheep, cows and chickens graze freely on crops and vegetation in a paradisiacal mess.

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