How will the world's COVID-19 response impact the environment?
Three Lehigh professors―Benjamin Felzer, Sharon M. Friedman and Dork Sahagian―offer their insights.
Environment
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Concorde: technical feat, financial fiasco
The Concorde airliner first took to the skies 50 years ago promising a revolution in air travel with its technical prowess and supersonic speed.
Other
Mar 1, 2019
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Help solve Santa's logistics troubles with a little maths
In just one night, Santa has to visit millions of homes to deliver presents. If he could travel at the speed of light, the task would be simple.
Mathematics
Dec 23, 2013
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Your brain on space—the overview effect
Space travel is like a drug—and it could save the rest of us down here on planet Earth.
Space Exploration
Oct 9, 2018
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Quantum computers can solve combinatorial optimization problems more easily than conventional methods, research shows
The traveling salesman problem is considered a prime example of a combinatorial optimization problem. Now a Berlin team led by theoretical physicist Prof. Dr. Jens Eisert of Freie Universität Berlin and HZB has shown that ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 18, 2024
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Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars
(AP) -- Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday.
Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2009
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'Flight shame' has Swedes rethinking air travel
Saddled with long dark winters at home, Swedes have for decades been frequent flyers seeking out sunnier climes, but a growing number are changing their ways because of air travel's impact on the climate.
Environment
Apr 10, 2019
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Study finds nickelate superconductors are intrinsically magnetic
Electrons find each other repulsive. Nothing personal—it's just that their negative charges repel each other. So getting them to pair up and travel together, like they do in superconducting materials, requires a little ...
Superconductivity
Aug 1, 2022
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The shape of a bird's wing determines where it lives
Bird's wings generally become shorter and more rounded the closer they live to the equator. Birds with smaller wings are to a greater extent restricted to stay in the same area, because their wings have not evolved for long ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2016
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New research seeks to optimize space travel efficiency
Sending a human into space and doing it efficiently presents a galaxy of challenges. Koki Ho, University of Illinois assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, and his graduate students, Hao Chen and ...
Space Exploration
Apr 18, 2018
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