A prediction model that considers multiple landslides over time in a given region may improve the accuracy of early warning systems.
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2020
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When mosquito eggs hatch in nutrient-rich water, the mosquitoes are larger and they can also fly further. That is the first conclusion of a study from by the Netherlands Center for One Health (NCOH) by PhD-student Sam Boerlijst.
Plants & Animals
Nov 18, 2020
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Developing new materials takes a lot of time, money and effort. Recently, a POSTECH research team has taken a step toward creating new materials by applying AI to develop high-entropy alloys (HEAs) which are referred ti as ...
Materials Science
Nov 11, 2020
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Arsenic in drinking water obtained from wells is causing massive adverse health outcomes, including premature deaths from cancers and cardiovascular disease in many parts of the world and particularly in the Indian subcontinent.
Environment
Oct 14, 2020
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In July heavy rains triggered landslides and floods in Nepal that ultimately killed more than 130 people. As soon as the rain started falling, BYU professor Jim Nelson knew things could get bad.
Earth Sciences
Oct 8, 2020
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The role of deep learning in science is at a turning point, with weather, climate, and Earth systems modeling emerging as an exciting application area for physics-informed deep learning that can more effectively identify ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 4, 2020
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Seasonal fluctuations drive the dynamics of many infectious diseases. For instance, the flu spreads more readily in winter. Two scientists from the University of Nantes and the CNRS in Montpellier have developed a mathematical ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 21, 2020
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When plants grow close together, each individual plant has less chance of doing well—at least, that was the accepted wisdom in environmental research. Now Dr. Ruichang Zhang and Professor Katja Tielbörger from the Institute ...
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2020
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Thanks to travel restrictions and plummeting customer demand, the number of flights in the first week of April 2020 was down 61% compared with the same period in 2019. The pandemic has emptied the skies of aircraft, but it's ...
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2020
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Agricultural soils contribute to 16% of total Greenhouse gas emissions, particularly nitrous oxide (N2O). Migration of gases in agricultural subsurface and emission across the soil-atmosphere interface is primarily diffusion-controlled ...
Environment
May 7, 2020
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