Transporting energy is costly. When a current runs through conductive materials, some of the energy is…
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One of the world's best radon detectors just got smaller
The need for a smaller, more transportable version of ANSTO’s 1,500-liter atmospheric radon-222 monitor, and with…
Underwater phenomenon bringing relief to hot corals
Naturally fluctuating temperatures on coral reefs caused by tides, waves and currents can bring relief from…
Study of air quality impact of EVs shows inequalities due to income differences
A trio of environmental scientists and city planners from the University of California, Berkeley, the University…
Earth from space: Farming the desert
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over El Oued, in northeast Algeria, about 80 km west…
Opinion: AI used in justice system should keep 'humans in the loop'
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming our society. Beyond the currently hyped systems such as ChatGPT or…
Study reveals presence of Hunga Tonga eruption aerosols in Northern Hemisphere stratospheric westerlies
An international team led by researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) of the Chinese…
New technique enables in-vivo analysis of protein complexes
As the executor of life activities, proteins exert their specific biological functions through interactions such as…
Scale separation: Breaking down unsolvable problems into solvable ones
In physics, one often has to deal with different scales that can be described separately from…
Similar but different: Antarctic and Arctic sea ice and their responses to climate change
Researchers have used data from previous publications aiming to answer the question of why the Arctic…