At the height of a thunderstorm, the tips of cell towers, telephone poles, and other tall, electrically conductive structures can spontaneously emit a flash of blue light. This electric glow, known as a corona discharge, ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 11, 2020
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Five years after NASA's MAVEN spacecraft entered into orbit around Mars, data from the mission has led to the creation of a map of electric current systems in the Martian atmosphere.
Astronomy
May 26, 2020
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By 2030, global warming alone could push Chicago to generate 12% more electricity per person each month of the summer.
Environment
Mar 6, 2020
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Hot air rises, cold air sinks. It's a basic tenet of nature.
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2020
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A 40-year-old enigma about ghostly magnetic fields in interplanetary space may have finally been solved by new data from a constellation of 12 satellites in near-Earth space.
Space Exploration
Feb 10, 2020
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From the design of improved batteries to the use of solar and wind power for commodity chemical production, the University of Pittsburgh's James McKone ways that chemical engineering can make the world more sustainable. That's ...
Materials Science
Oct 29, 2019
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There's a reason why Jupiter's stripes are only skin deep.
Space Exploration
Aug 28, 2019
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Researchers at the University of Warwick have been inspired by the unique movement of trembling aspen leaves, to devise an energy harvesting mechanism that could power weather sensors in hostile environments and could even ...
General Physics
Mar 18, 2019
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Normally, bare metal sliding against bare metal is not a good thing. Friction will destroy pistons in an engine, for example, without lubrication.
Materials Science
Apr 5, 2017
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Normally, bare metal sliding against bare metal is not a good thing. Friction will destroy pistons in an engine, for example, without lubrication.
Materials Science
Mar 23, 2017
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