Ninety percent of all exoplanets discovered to date (there are now more than 5,000 of them) orbit around stars the same size or smaller than our sun. Giant stars seem to lack planetary companions, and this fact has serious ...
Astronomy
May 9, 2022
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With high biodiversity and rich farmland, San Diego County is exploring ways to put the region's land to use to cut carbon emissions.
Environment
Apr 18, 2022
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Researchers from Aalto University and Tampere University have developed a new theoretical method to study dynamical phase transitions in strongly correlated quantum systems. Far-from-equilibrium dynamics of quantum many-body ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 17, 2021
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Abrupt changes in ice core samples and other records indicate dramatic changes in climate occurred at certain points in the past.
Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2021
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By implementing artificial intelligence techniques similar to those used in autonomous cars, a team from the UNIGE and the UniBE, in partnership with the company Disaitek, has discovered a new method for detecting exoplanets.
Astronomy
Oct 27, 2021
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Superflares, extreme radiation bursts from stars, have been suspected of causing lasting damage to the atmospheres and thus habitability of exoplanets. A newly published study found evidence that they only pose a limited ...
Astronomy
Aug 5, 2021
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In a classical second-order phase transition, condensed matter systems acquire long-range order upon cooling below the transition temperature, and the properties near the transition are driven by thermal fluctuations. These ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 14, 2021
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A new study published in the journal Science highlights the opportunity to complement current climate mitigation scenarios with scenarios that capture the interdependence among investors' perception of future climate risk, ...
Environment
May 20, 2021
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When two people want different things, frustration is inevitable. But these non-reciprocal interactions can also occur not just between people, but in the natural world.
General Physics
May 3, 2021
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The dynamics of the neural activity of a mouse brain behave in a peculiar, unexpected way that can be theoretically modeled without any fine tuning, suggests a new paper by physicists at Emory University. Physical Review ...
General Physics
Apr 15, 2021
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