Metrology serves as the cornerstone of modern industry, providing the key standards by which we measure the world. Optical metrology, in particular, has historically leveraged the notion of interference, essentially unchanged ...
Optics & Photonics
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The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has introduced a vapor pressure equation. It addresses the limitations of the Lee-Kesler method, which has been a widely used method in the field of thermodynamics, ...
Analytical Chemistry
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A new study from the University of California San Diego and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology examines digital worker surveillance—specifically, the use of software to monitor remote workers' activities—and tests ...
Economics & Business
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New research published in the journal Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters reports significant progress in studying the relationship between meteorological conditions and atmospheric fine-particle (PM2.5) concentrations.
Environment
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Over the past two decades, large genetic studies have linked tens of thousands of DNA variants to thousands of human traits and diseases. Yet, correcting the effects of those variants to treat disease has been hampered in ...
Biochemistry
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The sweeping land use changes and irrigation of the U.S. Corn Belt, along with the influence of the area's shallow groundwater, have significantly altered precipitation patterns in that vital agricultural region, new research ...
Environment
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Common methods of communicating flood risk may create a false sense of security, leading to increased development in areas threatened by flooding.
Earth Sciences
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Computer scientists at the University of California San Diego have developed a method for generating highly realistic computer-generated images of fluid dynamics in elements such as smoke.
Soft Matter
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Is walking on water possible for frogs? Several species have fascinated observers with their abilities to skip side-to-side and leap into the air from the surface of a pond as if the water were land. One such breed native ...
Plants & Animals
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Begonia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae, which includes more than 2,000 species. In China, 288 species, including subspecies, varieties and natural hybrid species have been recognized.
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