Welding, printing, crushing concrete – an Empa team monitors noisy processes with the help of artificial intelligence. This way you can literally hear production errors and imminent accidents.
Engineering
Aug 30, 2018
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One year ago today residents of Mariposa, California, the largest town bordering Yosemite National Park, were evacuated due to the threat of the Detwiler Fire. Although thate fire burned thousands of acres and scorched ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 18, 2018
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Britain's Met Office weather forecasting service has issued its first thunderstorm alert in the agency's 164-year history.
Environment
Jul 1, 2018
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You probably do it. It might be ingrained from when you were a kid, and now it's almost automatic. You see the flash of lightning – and you immediately start counting the seconds till it thunders.
Earth Sciences
Jun 7, 2018
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In the western Utah desert, the Telescope Array sprawls across an area the size of New York City, waiting for cosmic rays. The facility detects the high-energy particles that collide with Earth's atmosphere constantly; the ...
Astronomy
May 17, 2018
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Dozens of Bangladeshis were killed in lightning strikes as pre-monsoon thunderstorms wreaked havoc across the South Asian country, an official said Thursday.
Environment
May 10, 2018
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A series of powerful super storms that tore through India this week have killed 143 people, as officials warned Friday the death toll could rise with more extreme weather expected.
Environment
May 4, 2018
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Aviation experts estimate that every commercial airplane in the world is struck by lightning at least once per year. Around 90 percent of these strikes are likely triggered by the aircraft itself: In thunderstorm environments, ...
Engineering
Mar 9, 2018
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Scientists at Amherst College and Aalto University have created, for the first time a three-dimensional skyrmion in a quantum gas. The skyrmion was predicted theoretically over 40 years ago, but only now has it been observed ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 2, 2018
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Lightning may strike less often in future across the globe as the planet warms, a scientific study suggests.
Earth Sciences
Feb 12, 2018
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