There was a huge amount of excitement when the Higgs boson was first spotted back in 2012 – a discovery that bagged the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2013. The particle completed the so-called standard model, our current best ...
General Physics
Nov 6, 2018
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Climate change hits home. It's where you live. A warming world affects the Northeast region, and to demonstrate, the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions (CICSS) has developed a new online tool: Climate Change in ...
Environment
Oct 25, 2018
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Recent hurricanes like Maria and Sandy have brought crippling winds, torrential rains, and flooding to vulnerable coastal regions, in some cases killing thousands of people. Sea walls and other barriers are often suggested ...
Environment
Sep 14, 2018
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Dr. Nicola Masey has found that a new system can accurately model air quality in large cities like London in minutes, within five metres of any given location using just a standard office computer.
Environment
Aug 21, 2018
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Hot summers cause glaciers to melt. That not only changes the makeup of the landscape and hence the maps of Switzerland, it also affects every area of society. A new, dynamic glacier inventory makes the impact of climate ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 20, 2018
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Ghent University researchers used computer simulations to discover a new material that efficiently produces chemical building blocks for fuels and plastics without using crude oil.The reaction takes place in a material with ...
Materials Science
Jul 10, 2018
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When disaster strikes, people often turn to religion for comfort and support. A powerful recent example of this comes from a study called "Faith after an Earthquake," by prominent New Zealand religion and society researchers ...
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2018
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It was March 2017, and a winter storm named Stella promised to deliver up to a foot and a half of snow to New York City and parts of New Jersey. Officials pushed out blizzard warnings, suggesting the city was under imminent ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2018
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When an epidemic outbreak such H1N1, Zika or SARS viruses occurs, containment measures may seem to be the most reasonable solution. However, an EPFL study casts doubt on that idea, showing that such measures make a society ...
General Physics
Jan 30, 2018
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Rising temperatures along the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean will force American lobsters farther offshore and into more northern waters, a new study finds.
Ecology
Jan 23, 2018
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