How dogs can walk on ice without freezing their paws
Scientists in Japan have solved a long-standing veterinary mystery: how dogs can stand and walk for so long on snow and ice without apparent discomfort, and without freezing their paws.
News tagged with cold temperature
Our place in the universe will change dramatically in the next 50 years – here's how
In 1900, so the story goes, prominent physicist Lord Kelvin addressed the British Association for the Advancement of Science with these words: "There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now."
General Physics
Nov 29, 2019
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In 250 million years, a single supercontinent will form, wiping out nearly all mammals: Modeling study
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience uses supercomputer climate models to examine how a supercontinent, dubbed Pangea Ultima (also called Pangea Proxima), that will form 250 million years from now will result in ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 21, 2023
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Unusual climate conditions influenced WWI mortality and subsequent Spanish flu pandemic
Scientists have spotted a once-in-a-century climate anomaly during World War I that likely increased mortality during the war and the influenza pandemic in the years that followed.
Environment
Sep 24, 2020
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Researchers see path to quantum computing at room temperature
Army researchers predict quantum computer circuits that will no longer need extremely cold temperatures to function could become a reality after about a decade.
Quantum Physics
May 1, 2020
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Scientists find link between photosynthesis and 'fifth state of matter'
Inside a lab, scientists marvel at a strange state that forms when they cool down atoms to nearly absolute zero. Outside their window, trees gather sunlight and turn them into new leaves. The two seem unrelated—but a new ...
General Physics
May 3, 2023
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Confirming liquid water beneath Martian south polar cap
A Southwest Research Institute scientist measured the properties of ice-brine mixtures as cold as -145 degrees Fahrenheit to help confirm that salty water likely exists between grains of ice or sediment under the ice cap ...
Astrobiology
Jan 25, 2022
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Rewriting the history books: Why the Vikings left Greenland
One of the great mysteries of late medieval history is why did the Norse, who had established successful settlements in southern Greenland in 985, abandon them in the early 15th century? The consensus view has long been that ...
Archaeology
Mar 23, 2022
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Mystery of lava-like flows on Mars solved by scientists
The mystery of some lava-like flows on Mars has been solved by scientists who say they are caused not by lava but by mud.
Space Exploration
May 18, 2020
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Macroscopic quantum phenomena discovered in ice
(Phys.org)—Scientists have discovered an anomaly in the properties of ice at very cold temperatures near 20 K, which they believe can be explained by the quantum tunneling of multiple protons simultaneously. The finding ...
