In a crowded restaurant, diners usually talk with their companions at their own table. But the sound of their conversations bounces off walls and reflects to other patrons, creating background noise. Each individual speaker ...
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2022
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National University of Singapore ecologists have developed a valuation framework that incorporates users' demand for green urban spaces to assess the benefits provided by their ecosystem services (ES).
Ecology
Dec 5, 2022
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Physicists at Google Quantum AI have used their quantum computer to study a type of effective particle that is more resilient to environmental disturbances that can degrade quantum calculations. These effective particles, ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 30, 2022
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Scientists at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, have published new research into the phenomenon known as quantum entanglement. This is when two particles—such as photons of light—remain connected even when ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 30, 2022
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A trio of researchers from the University of California, Discover Owls and the University of Washington has discovered how great gray owls are able to find and capture voles under two feet of snow. In their paper published ...
The idea behind "quiet hour" shopping is to set aside a time each week for a retail experience that minimizes noise and other sources of sensory overload. It is aimed at people who are neurodivergent—an umbrella term for ...
Social Sciences
Nov 11, 2022
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India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already cannot cope and climate change will make living conditions harsher still.
Environment
Nov 8, 2022
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The crackle, fizz and bang of fireworks exploding overhead in a shower of intense colors is considered the highlight of many festivals and celebrations. But have you ever taken a moment to imagine how your local wildlife ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2022
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Sound-diffracting walls and rubberised asphalt ingredients tackle the major environmental concern of noise pollution from traffic.
Ecology
Oct 21, 2022
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Researchers studying intermediate to large earthquakes in California have discovered detectable changes in the local magnetic field that occur 2–3 days before an earthquake. In a study now published in Journal of Geophysical ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 7, 2022
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