One way that heat damages electronic equipment is it makes components expand at different rates, resulting…
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Hubble finds tiny 'electric soccer balls' in space, helps solve interstellar mystery
Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of electrically-charged molecules in space shaped…
Researchers connect lightning with gamma-ray phenomena in clouds
University of Tokyo graduate student Yuuki Wada with colleagues from Japan have discovered a connection between…
Four approaches to understanding and moving beyond dysfunctional deliberation
It may feel like we have reached an impasse in the debate over divisive issues such…
Solving a condensation mystery
Condensation might ruin a wood coffee table or fog up glasses when entering a warm building…
Islands in the sun: Heatwave gives cities that sinking feeling
Boffins call it a heat sink—a passive exchanger designed to dissipate heat—but when the sink is…
Cryptocurrencies need close scrutiny, monitor warns
An international financial monitor warned world leaders Tuesday that wider use by retail shoppers of cryptocurrencies…
Microscopic glass blowing used to make tiny optical lenses
Inserting air into hot glass to form a bubble has been used to make glass objects…
Levanluhta jewellery links Finland to a European exchange network
The Levänluhta water burial site, dating back to the Iron Age (300-800 CE), is one of…
Milk: Best drink to reduce burn from chili peppers
People who order their Buffalo wings especially spicy and sometimes find them to be too “hot,”…