(PhysOrg.com) -- Why is it funny when people fall over? What are jokes for? A session for teenagers at Cambridge University today will come up with some answers.
Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2011
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(Phys.org) —The newest catalytic converters in diesel engines blast away a pollutant from combustion with the help of ammonia. Common in European cars, the engines exhaust harmless nitrogen and water. How they do this hasn't ...
Materials Science
Sep 10, 2013
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Nitrous oxide is commonly associated with laughing gas—the pleasantly benign vapor that puts patients at ease in the dentist's chair. But outside the dentist's office, the gas plays a serious role in the planet's warming ...
Environment
Sep 27, 2013
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A team of researchers from Leiden University, University College London and the University of Amsterdam, has found that human infants laugh in ways that are more like chimpanzees than adult humans. In their paper published ...
Inconspicuous creatures surprise with a property that is important for our climate: Lichens, mosses and cyanobacteria release large quantities of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O), also known as laughing gas, and low ...
Environment
Jul 15, 2015
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Baby birds and eggs are on the menu for at least 94 species of animals in Australia's forests and woodlands, according to new research from The University of Queensland.
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2019
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(Phys.org)—Using a new method for estimating greenhouse gases that combines atmospheric measurements with model predictions, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) researchers have found that the level of ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2012
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Laughter is an everyday reminder that we humans are animals. In fact, when recorded laughter is slowed down, listeners can't tell whether the sound is from a person or an animal.
Social Sciences
Jul 26, 2023
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