Weather extremes can cause economic ripples along supply chains. If they occur at roughly the same time, the ripples start interacting and can amplify, even if they occur at completely different places around the world, a ...
Environment
Oct 27, 2021
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By implementing a new signal stabilization technique, researchers were able to achieve secure quantum communication over a record 605 kilometers of fiber using the twin-field quantum key distribution (QKD) protocol. The new ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 21, 2021
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Research using sound waves to suspend oil droplets has shown that the air pollution coming from the tiny droplets may be impacting larger areas of the environment.
Soft Matter
Oct 13, 2021
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The increased use of face coverings as a defense against COVID-19 creates social norms that encourage more people to mask up in public, according to a new study co-authored by Yale researchers.
Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2021
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In 2018, a Montana border patrol agent asked two U.S. citizens in a grocery store parking lot for their government IDs. "I saw that you guys were speaking Spanish, which is very unheard of up here," he reportedly told them. ...
Social Sciences
Oct 1, 2021
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The AFR Magazine's annual power issue, ranking Australia's most powerful people in politics, business and professions, always makes for some interesting discussions.
Social Sciences
Oct 1, 2021
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Can we toilet train cattle? Would we want to?
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2021
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It's challenging to make predictions, especially in astronomy. There are however, a few forecasts astronomers can depend on, such as the timing of upcoming lunar and solar eclipses and the clockwork return of some comets.
Astronomy
Sep 13, 2021
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New research shows changes in tides and hurricane activity played a part in upending the Maya civilization centuries ago.
Earth Sciences
Aug 18, 2021
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The international team of geoscientists led by Prof. Silke Voigt from the Goethe University Frankfurt, Prof. Ireneusz Walaszczyk from the University of Warsaw and Dr. André Bornemann from LBEG have thoroughly investigated ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 22, 2021
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