Photonic integrated circuits are essential to many technologies, including fiber-optic communications, mapping systems, and biosensors.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 17, 2022
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Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are the brightest millisecond-duration astronomical transients in radio bands with a yet unknown origin.
Astronomy
Mar 17, 2022
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A new study shows that smoke from wildfires destroys the ozone layer. Researchers caution that if major fires become more frequent with a changing climate, more damaging ultraviolet radiation from the sun will reach the ground.
Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2022
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A new report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published February 28 has outlined the causes, impacts and solutions to climate change.
Environment
Mar 1, 2022
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The part of the atmosphere closest to the planet is the hardest to measure from space due to the volume of gases above it. Studying Earth's planetary boundary layer, or PBL, will enable scientists to better understand the ...
Planetary Sciences
Feb 24, 2022
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Single individuals of Atlantic cod and squid occur much further north than previously expected. Scientists participating in the international MOSAiC expedition with research icebreaker Polarstern have found fish and squid ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2022
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Surveys conducted in Germany suggest that public trust in science rose after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, while revealing different patterns of trust among different subpopulations. Rainer Bromme of the University ...
Social Sciences
Feb 9, 2022
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A computational analysis of more than 1 million Tweets from Swedish speakers has found little evidence for significant polarization within this network on the topic of immigration—even after Sweden's 2015 refugee crisis. ...
Social Sciences
Feb 9, 2022
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A lot is measured and weighed in biological research. Researchers from Wageningen Marine Research and partners published measurements of more than 3000 individuals of 29 species of marine animals from the polar regions in ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 4, 2022
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Liquid water previously detected under Mars' ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage, according to a new study of the red planet led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Planetary Sciences
Jan 24, 2022
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