Technical systems must be regularly checked for defects, such as cracks. Up to now, piezo sensors…
Month: May 2017
Discovery creates a new paradigm for creating materials from crystals
Look closely enough, and you'll see ingenious patterns everywhere in nature. Scientists and engineers have long…
Fossil sheds light on ‘Jurassic Park’ dinosaurs
A fossil kept in storage in a museum for decades turns out to that of a…
Saving costs with cover crops
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found a cost-saving strategy for cotton growers in Alabama who…
Using Citizen Science Reports to Define the Equatorial Extent of Auroral Visibility
Abstract: An aurora may often be viewed hundreds of kilometers equatorward of the auroral oval owing…
Deforestation endangering the majority of the world’s species, says new global research
Hundreds of thousands of species could soon go extinct due to the effects of deforestation, new…
X-Ray Spectro-Polarimetry with Photoelectric Polarimeters
Abstract: We derive a generalization of forward fitting for X-ray spectroscopy to include linear polarization of…
Monitoring astronauts’ lung health
Astronauts in space are valuable sources of scientific data. Researchers collect blood and urine samples to…
Oldest Norwegian ice located
Parts of the ice of the Juvfonne snow patch in Jotunheimen are 7600 years old, which…
Scientists develop efficient multifunctional catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation to gasoline
Converting CO2 from a detrimental greenhouse gas into value-added liquid fuels not only contributes to mitigating…