When quantum computers become more powerful and widespread, they will need a robust quantum internet to communicate.
General Physics
Mar 2, 2021
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Once lead paint is on a wall, it becomes an expensive problem to fix. In impoverished settings, be they neighborhoods in Philadelphia or developing nations globally, remediation can be prohibitively costly.
Environment
Feb 1, 2021
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Over the past 20 years, scientists have been developing metamaterials, or materials that don't occur naturally and whose mechanical properties result from their designed structure rather than their chemical composition. They ...
Materials Science
Jan 20, 2021
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Soy may have a pretty innocuous reputation thanks to its association with vegan food and meat alternatives. But don't be fooled—crops of this pale legume are behind much of Brazil's epidemic of deforestation. Since 2000, ...
Environment
Dec 17, 2020
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Getting rid of old cars is helping clean the skies over developed nations, but many clunkers are ending up in developing countries where they are add significantly to air pollution, a UN report warns.
Environment
Oct 27, 2020
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Today's information and communication technology grew out of the invention and development of quantum mechanics during the last century. But, nifty as it is that billions of transistors can be packed into your smartphone ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 29, 2020
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Coordinated international action on energy-efficient, climate-friendly cooling could avoid as much as 460 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions—roughly equal to eight years of global emissions at 2018 levels—over the ...
Environment
Jul 17, 2020
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Nigerian maize and poultry farmers and traders' activities contribute to climate change, but only 14 percent of them realize it, a study has found.
Environment
Jun 22, 2020
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Three-quarters of new and emerging infectious diseases in humans originate in wildlife. COVID-19, SARS and Ebola all started this way. The COVID-19 global pandemic has drawn new attention to how people think about wild animals, ...
Ecology
Jun 19, 2020
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Seagrass meadows can be a powerful nature-based climate solution and help sustain communities hard-hit by stressors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, but these important ecosystems continue to decline. The importance of seagrasses ...
Environment
Jun 8, 2020
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