When water vapor meets metal, the resulting corrosion can lead to mechanical problems that harm a machine's performance. Through a process called passivation, it also can form a thin inert layer that acts as a barrier against ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 11, 2023
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Researchers from Osaka University investigated the thermal energy changes across nanopores that allow the selective flow of ions. Switching off the flow of ions in one direction led to a cooling effect. The findings have ...
Nanophysics
Dec 11, 2023
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A young boy is forced to sit at a dinner table with grown-ups talking endlessly about grown-up stuff. He's bored. He finds it hard at first, to push with his feet against the table frame, tip his chair onto its back legs, ...
Environment
Dec 9, 2023
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Investments in Africa's infrastructure can make people and communities far more resilient to the threats posed by climate change, a new report says.
Environment
Dec 7, 2023
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Man-made global warming exacerbated an incident of extreme flooding and heat in eastern China in 2020, according to a study released Wednesday, which highlighted the need to prepare for increasingly intense episodes of such ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2023
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Experts from the University of Birmingham are calling for global cooling and cold chain to be considered as critical infrastructure as the planet continues to heat.
Earth Sciences
Nov 28, 2023
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Understanding and addressing the impacts of climate change is one of the most daunting challenges of our time. The complexities of interconnected natural and human systems make it extremely difficult to identify meaningful ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2023
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Researchers in Japan and Mongolia have carried out the world's first instance of incorporating satellite-based CO2 emission estimates into a GHG emission report as the verification on the Second Biennial Update Report (BUR2) ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2023
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We're inching closer and closer to reliably detecting biosignatures on distant planets. Much of the focus is on determining which chemicals indicate life's presence.
Astrobiology
Nov 17, 2023
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Along Canadian coasts, storm surges and flooding have gone from breaking news to seasonal norms.
Environment
Nov 17, 2023
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