Although more than enough food is produced to feed everyone in the world, as many as 828 million people face hunger today. Poverty, social inequity, climate change, natural disasters, and political conflicts all contribute ...
Economics & Business
Jul 17, 2023
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As a macroscopic quantum state of matter, superconductivity has attracted tremendous attention in the field of scientific research and industry over the past century. According to the BCS (Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer) microscopic ...
Superconductivity
Jun 28, 2023
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Using a design inspired by one of the ocean's best sailors, a team of scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is developing a low-cost sensor for ocean observations. The sensors are modeled after Velella ...
Ecology
Jun 22, 2023
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The chicken sheds I conduct research in are enormous—over three-quarters the length of a football field and 20 meters wide. In each house, around 28,000 near-identical broiler chickens, which are the type we use for meat, ...
Veterinary medicine
Jun 20, 2023
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Aotearoa New Zealand experiences frequent earthquakes, including destructive ones such as those that struck Christchurch in 2010 and 2011, and near Kaikōura in 2018.
Earth Sciences
Jun 16, 2023
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New York City set a record last week for the worst recorded air quality the city has ever seen due to wildfire smoke drifting from Canada. At its peak, the Air Quality Index (AQI) for the city reached 405 out of 500 —the ...
Environment
Jun 13, 2023
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The first satnav receiver designed to operate in lunar orbit has been delivered to satellite maker Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd in the UK for integration aboard the Lunar Pathfinder spacecraft.
Space Exploration
Jun 9, 2023
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A European spacecraft around Mars sent its first livestream from the red planet to Earth on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of its launch, but rain in Spain interfered at times.
Space Exploration
Jun 2, 2023
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In 1921, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Christian Lous Lange stated: "Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master."
Social Sciences
May 31, 2023
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A research team at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) led by Professor Roberto Morandotti reported the first realization of a single-shot ultrafast terahertz (THz) photography system. This important ...
Optics & Photonics
May 26, 2023
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