Chile's distant paradise where scientists study climate change
Hidden inside pristine forests in Chile's deep south, known as the end of the world, lie potential early warning signs of climate change.
Hidden inside pristine forests in Chile's deep south, known as the end of the world, lie potential early warning signs of climate change.
Environment
Oct 4, 2022
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A team of researchers at Colorado State University has found that forest fires over the past several decades are having a detrimental impact on late snowpack areas in mountainous regions. In their paper published in Proceedings ...
It was nearly 100 degrees outside in South Texas the day Quintero Jones died. Inside his cinder-block prison cell in the middle of summer, it felt even hotter.
Social Sciences
Sep 12, 2022
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Today, an international team of researchers led by Séamus Davis, Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and University College Cork, has announced results that reveal the atomic mechanism behind high-temperature ...
General Physics
Sep 7, 2022
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Li-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used batteries that support modern ITC society, including smartphones and EVs. LIBs are repeatedly charged and discharged by Li-ions passing back and forth between the positive and negative ...
Polymers
Sep 7, 2022
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Superconductors—wondrous materials whose resistance drop to zero below a critical temperature—show much promise to meet the growing energy demand of the global population. With potential applications in magnetic resonance ...
Superconductivity
Sep 1, 2022
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The north of Western Siberia is recording the warmest summers of the last 7,000 years. While for several millennia the temperature of the region was following a general cooling, in the 19th century there has been an abrupt ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2022
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Metallic glass is an important advanced alloy, holding promise for broad engineering applications. It appears as a solid form in many aspects, with beautiful metal appearance, exceeding elasticity, high strength, and a densely ...
General Physics
Aug 19, 2022
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In late May of 2021, 172 runners set out to tackle a 100-kilometer (62-mile) ultramarathon in northwestern China. By midday, as the runners made their way through a rugged, high-elevation part of the course, temperatures ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 9, 2022
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Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and their collaborators have used DNA to overcome a nearly insurmountable obstacle to engineer materials that would revolutionize electronics.
Superconductivity
Aug 2, 2022
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