In contact with a solid the surface of ice melts, forming a lubricant layer which is self-perpetuating, as greater weight and slippage are applied to it. This cooperative phenomenon makes the ice more slippery and more likely ...
General Physics
Dec 12, 2022
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Researchers have found that human-made noise pollution causes robins living in rural areas to become more physically aggressive.
Plants & Animals
Dec 7, 2022
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University of California scientists have a new way to demonstrate which neighborhoods returned to pre-pandemic levels of air pollution after COVID restrictions ended.
Environment
Dec 5, 2022
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Norwegian greenhouse gas emissions from air traffic are more than twice as high as the worldwide average.
Environment
Dec 1, 2022
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Low-traffic neighborhoods (LTNs) reduce traffic and air pollution without displacing the problem to nearby streets, new research has shown.
Environment
Nov 25, 2022
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A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands Tuesday afternoon, overturning tables and sending people racing for higher ground.
Environment
Nov 22, 2022
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The first manned flight of Boeing's Starliner space capsule has been postponed again, and is now scheduled for April, NASA announced Thursday.
Space Exploration
Nov 4, 2022
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Urban smog is a major threat to human health. New sensors and data-collection techniques will help to improve air quality.
Planetary Sciences
Nov 2, 2022
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Researchers Jennifer Dill, Jiahui Ma, Nathan McNeil, Joseph Broach and John MacArthur of Portland State University have published a new article in the November 2022 issue of Transportation Part D: Transport and Environment. ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2022
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Optical indicators based colored polymers are autonomous responsive labels that provide an optical signal to represent a specific exposure over time. Polymers that possess a high degree of order can establish structural color, ...
Polymers
Oct 24, 2022
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