Landmark study proves that magnets can control heat and sound
Researchers at The Ohio State University have discovered how to control heat with a magnetic field.
General Physics
Mar 23, 2015
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Why 10 billion snow crabs starved to death in the Bering Sea
A team of marine biologists with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fishery Science Center has solved the mystery of why approximately 10 billion snow crabs vanished from the Bering Sea back ...
Experiment closes critical gap in weather forecasting
Scientists working on the next frontier of weather forecasting are hoping that weather conditions 3-to-4 weeks out will soon be as readily available as seven-day forecasts. Having this type of weather information—called ...
Environment
Dec 7, 2019
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Could Schrödinger's cat exist in real life? Our research may soon provide the answer
Have you ever been in more than one place at the same time? If you're much bigger than an atom, the answer will be no.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 15, 2020
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'Climate vulnerability index' shows where action, resources are needed to address climate change threats
Dr. Weihsueh Chiu, a professor at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, helped create a new tool that provides communities and policymakers with actionable data about long-term vulnerabilities ...
Environment
Oct 3, 2023
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Terrifying insights into climate change could build legislative momentum for emissions cuts, researchers argue
New research in climate science indicates that extreme events, such as heat waves, the collapse of major ice sheets, and mass extinctions are becoming dramatically more probable. Though cuts in rising emissions appear unlikely ...
Environment
Aug 7, 2018
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Expect more deadly heat from climate change, study says
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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Film expert explains why Moon landing footage would have been impossible to fake
It's been a half-century since the magnificent Apollo 11 moon landing, yet many people still don't believe it actually happened. Conspiracy theories about the event dating back to the 1970s are in fact more popular than ever. ...
Space Exploration
Jul 10, 2019
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A quantum simulation of Unruh radiation
Researchers at the University of Chicago (UChicago) have recently reported an experimental observation of a matter field with thermal fluctuations that is in accordance with Unruh's radiation predictions. Their paper, published ...
Argentina forests burn amid heat wave, drought
Fires in heat wave- and drought-stricken Argentina have devoured some 6,000 hectares (14,800 acres) of forests in the northern Corrientes province in just days, officials reported Tuesday.
Environment
Mar 15, 2023
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