The harder you pull, the quicker it goes. At least, that used to be the rule in mechanochemistry, a method that researchers apply to set chemical reactions in motion by means of mechanical forces. However, as chemists led ...
Materials Science
Jun 17, 2013
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The building blocks of new planets could form more easily than previously thought, according to calculations by a team led by a RIKEN astrophysicist.
Astronomy
Feb 27, 2024
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Intel unveiled a software program that lets Facebook users devote spare computer processing power to researching diseases or climate change.
Software
Aug 4, 2009
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(Phys.org) -- For the first time, each step an electron takes as it moves along a "wire" from a microbe's interior to the outside world is known, thanks to modeling by University College London and Pacific Northwest National ...
Materials Science
Jul 25, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Fast-flowing and narrow glaciers have the potential to trigger massive changes in the Antarctic ice sheet and contribute to rapid ice-sheet decay and sea-level rise, a new study has found.
Earth Sciences
Sep 19, 2012
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Maybe it's not such a dog-eat-dog world after all. A clever combination of two different types of computer simulations enabled a group of Illinois researchers to uncover an unexpectedly cooperative group dynamic: the spontaneous ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 6, 2015
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Urban areas modify thunderstorms that can eventually get stronger and more violent as they leave the cities and move to downwind areas, according to a Purdue University study.
Earth Sciences
May 27, 2011
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(Phys.org)—With more than 40 million people living under exceptional drought conditions in East Africa, the ability to make accurate predictions of drought has never been more important. In the aftermath of widespread famine ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 18, 2013
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Magnesium alloys hold promise as a lightweight material to reduce weight in automobiles and transportation systems, offering potential to enhance fuel economy and reduce emissions, but low formability and strength prevent ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 19, 2023
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Climate simulations and analyses of Atlantic hurricane activity indicate that the record number of tropical cyclones that occurred in 2005 (28 storms) is close to the maximum number that might occur in this region, given ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2018
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