Researchers at ETH have made a nanoparticle turn around its own axis a billion times per second. From such measurements of rotating particles, the scientists hope to obtain new insights into the behaviour of materials under ...
General Physics
Jul 24, 2018
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Understanding the environmental conditions associated with stress on the electric grid has important practical considerations, but also represents a complex scientific and modeling challenge. A research team led by scientists ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 30, 2017
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Deaths related to extreme heat are expected to keep rising, even if most nations can contain global warming at agreed-upon levels, a new study reports.
Environment
Mar 27, 2017
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Several Australian cities, such as Adelaide and Perth, have greeted 2015 with scorching weather as summer hits its stride – the kind of conditions that leave us crying out for an air conditioner, rather than dreaming of ...
Environment
Jan 6, 2015
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Heat waves could significantly reduce crop yields and threaten global food supply if climate change is not tackled and reversed.
Environment
Mar 19, 2014
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Three reports published today provide policymakers with concrete proposals to reduce the diverse threats that climate change poses to different communities in urban areas of Vietnam.
Environment
Oct 25, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Whether a man, a mouse or a microbe, stress is bad for you. Experiments in bacteria by molecular biologists in Peter Chien's lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with others at MIT, have uncovered ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 16, 2013
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Farmers in the United States witnessed record-breaking extremes in temperature and drought during the last two summers, causing worldwide increases in the costs of food, feed and fiber. Indeed, many climate scientists caution ...
Biotechnology
Jul 1, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Corning Senior Vice President, Jeffrey Evenson told audience members at this year's MIT Technology Review's Mobile Summit, that its Gorilla Glass will very soon be used in automobiles. Currently, Gorilla Glass ...
Scientists have discovered why fruit and vegetables last longer after being exposed to ozone.
Other
May 29, 2013
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