Less than two weeks after train cars filled with hazardous chemicals derailed in Ohio and caught fire, a truck carrying nitric acid crashed on a major highway outside Tucson, Arizona, killing the driver and releasing toxic ...
Environment
Feb 21, 2023
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Headaches and lingering chemical smells from a fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, have left residents worried about their air and water—and misinformation on social media hasn't helped.
Environment
Feb 16, 2023
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At least 23 people have died in hundreds of forest fires whipped up amid a blistering heat wave in south central Chile, a senior government official said Saturday night.
Environment
Feb 4, 2023
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Construction of the main railway lines in Sweden included a large-scale garden project. Parks and kitchen gardens were built around the new stations, and long hedges were planted along the railways. A new dissertation from ...
Environment
Jan 25, 2023
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The race toward net-zero emissions depends heavily on lithium—to power electric vehicles, to store wind and solar power.
Environment
Jan 19, 2023
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Algae. It's what's for dinner. This variation on the iconic US advertising slogan from the beef industry may sound funny, but it's no joke that the current agriculture system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions ...
Biotechnology
Jan 19, 2023
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Researchers at AMOLF, University of Pennsylvania, and City University of New York (CUNY) created a nanostructured surface capable of solving equations using light. This discovery opens exciting new opportunities in the field ...
Nanophysics
Jan 16, 2023
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A "relentless parade of cyclones" hitting the US state of California was expected to shift farther to the north, the US National Weather Service said Thursday, as the region continued to struggle with massive floods and landslides.
Environment
Jan 12, 2023
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Over 90% of vehicle-owning US households could slash their greenhouse gas emissions as well as their transport costs by switching to electric vehicles. A study published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters ...
Environment
Jan 11, 2023
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How does your phone know it's you when you use facial recognition to unlock it? An array of tiny lasers light up your face, and your phone uses the reflection to construct a 3D model—not unlike a topographical map of your ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 12, 2022
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