Extraordinary heat events occur around the planet during most summers, but the current heatwave in the Pacific Northwest is truly exceptional. In June 2021, all-time temperature records fell in multiple cities in the U.S. ...
Environment
Jun 30, 2021
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It's hard enough to reach base when pitchers like Aroldis Chapman and Jacob deGrom throw the high heat. But what about when nature does?
Environment
Jun 28, 2021
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It's not just you—it really has been absurdly hot in Tucson lately.
Environment
Jun 24, 2021
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Searing, unrelenting heat scorches large swathes of the Earth, killing millions who have no means to escape. Shade is useless, and shallow bodies of water are warmer than the blood coursing through people's veins.
Environment
Jun 23, 2021
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Concrete has given us the Pantheon in Rome, the Sydney Opera House, the Hoover Dam and countless blocky monoliths. The artificial rock blankets our cities and roadways, underlies wind farms and solar panel arrays—and will ...
Materials Science
Jun 9, 2021
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Periods of extremely high heat are projected to double across the lower 48 states by 2100 if the world continues to emit high levels of greenhouse gases, according to a new study in Earth's Future, an American Geophysical ...
Environment
Jun 8, 2021
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As smartwatches become more powerful, they will generate more heat. To prevent burns or rashes, what if a material touching the skin could feel as cool as metal, but also be flexible enough to be worn on the wrist?
Materials Science
May 21, 2021
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A wide variety of portable and wearable electronics have become a large part of our daily lives, so a group of Stanford University researchers wondered if these could be powered by harvesting electricity from the waste heat ...
Nanophysics
Apr 27, 2021
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A team of scientists has conducted an analysis of directly driven gold sphere experiments to test heat transport models used in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and high energy density (HED) modeling. It was found that overly ...
Plasma Physics
Apr 16, 2021
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For centuries, ivory was often used to make art objects. But to protect elephant populations, the ivory trade was banned internationally in 1989. To restore ivory parts of old art objects, one must therefore resort to substitute ...
Materials Science
Apr 14, 2021
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