A new study from the University of Georgia found many states within the Southeast and West qualify as financial advice deserts—a new concept coined by researchers to describe a low proportion of financial planners or planning ...
Economics & Business
Dec 13, 2022
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The Hubble Space Telescope, to which we owe our current estimates for the age of the universe and the first detection of organic matter on an exoplanet, is very much doing science and still alive. It's latest masterpiece ...
Astronomy
Dec 7, 2022
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Some of us live and die by our phone's GPS. But if we can't get a signal or lose battery power, we get lost on our way to the grocery store.
Plants & Animals
Dec 6, 2022
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The El Niño phenomenon influences the weather in distant regions, as far away as the U.S., India or the Mediterranean region. But how exactly these so-called teleconnections actually work has not yet been clarified completely.
Earth Sciences
Dec 6, 2022
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Australia's latest State of the Climate Report offers grim reading. As if recent floods weren't bad enough, the report warns of worsening fire seasons, more drought years and, when rain comes, more intense downpours. It begs ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 25, 2022
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The fine structure constant is one of the most important natural constants of all. At TU Wien, a remarkable way of measuring it has been found—it shows up as a rotation angle.
General Physics
Nov 21, 2022
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A pair of researchers at Fudan University's Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and CMA-FDU Joint Laboratory of Marine Meteorology, working with one colleague from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...
Hurricanes threaten North American coastlines every year, and they appear to be intensifying as climate changes. Similar storms can also hit colder regions to the far north, and new research suggests they will intensify, ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2022
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Direct air capture may be key to saving Earth from the effects of climate change, but there's a catch: It's really hard to do.
Nanomaterials
Oct 11, 2022
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Agricultural producers around the world must adapt to changing weather patterns. Much research has focused on mitigation strategies for crop production, but livestock producers face unique challenges.
Agriculture
Oct 7, 2022
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