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Harvesting the sun for power and produce: Agrophotovoltaics increases the land use efficiency by over 60 percent
Until now, acreage was designated for either photovoltaics or photosynthesis, that is, to generate electricity or…
Breakthrough in tornado short-term forecasting could mean earlier, more accurate warnings
Researchers have developed a tornado-prediction method they say could buy as much as 20 minutes additional…
When magma prevents volcanic eruptions
Calderas are huge topographic depressions formed by large volcanic eruptions. They sometimes experience an inflation of…
First proper motions measured of stars in a small galaxy outside the Milky Way
By combining data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Gaia mission, astronomers have been able…
Parental diet affects offspring immunity: Meta-analysis
A multidisciplinary wide-ranging study across the animal kingdom has found a close relationship exists between parents'…
Ultrathin and flat graphene metalenses gain morace properties
Lenses made of graphene and precisely pierced gold sheets are able to concentrate terahertz beams to…
Muscles can’t get any faster than this … a fundamental muscle speed limit
When birds sing their elaborate songs, bats echolocate, rattlesnakes rattle and toadfish hum they use so-called…
Women may be more vulnerable to concussions because of ‘leaner’ nerve fibers, study
Women have smaller, more breakable nerve fibers in the brain compared to men that may make…
New tool in cell’s invasion machinery may help explain cancer’s ability to spread
Scientists have discovered a new tool in the cell's invasion machinery that may help explain cancer's…