Recently, researchers in Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) of the Chinese Academy of…
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NASA's ECOSTRESS sees Las Vegas streets turn up the heat
An instrument on the space station documented how built and natural surfaces responded to record heat…
There could be four hostile civilizations in the Milky Way, researcher speculates
In 1977, the Big Ear Radio Telescope at Ohio State University picked up a strong narrowband…
Economic sustainability in the construction sector
Leading world markets face similar problems in creating economically and environmentally sustainable construction industries, international researchers…
Who wants to be a billionaire? Most don't—which is good news for the planet
A new study, published in Nature Sustainability, busts the long-held economic belief that humans are all…
Study reveals new mechanism for end-Permian terrestrial mass extinction
The end-Permian extinction (EPE) was the greatest biotic crisis in Earth’s history, eliminating more than 90%…
How Indian women in Australia experience family violence, and how to combat it
Manjula Datta O’Connor is a clinical psychiatrist and chair of the Royal Australian and New Zealand…
Vega-C set for inaugural launch
ESA’s new medium-lift Vega-C rocket is nearly ready for its inaugural flight, with its four fully-stacked…
Weighing the cost of increasing Saudi heritage tourism
The impact of tourism development at the Al-Hijr Archaeological Site, decreed Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World…
New method helps exfoliate hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets
Chinese researchers recently reported an innovative mechanical process for controllably exfoliating hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets (h-BNNSs).This…