One of the greater challenges of sending payloads to Mars is contending with the planet’s atmosphere.…
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Image: Desert greenery
Today marks the 25th anniversary of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (WDCD). Under its…
How advertising can repurpose itself to serve cities in more sustainable ways
Noisy, ugly and dirty. Advertising has polluted cities, annoyed consumers, and jeopardised its own existence. Beyond…
Can California better use winter storms to refill its aquifers?
The general long-term forecast for California as climate change intensifies: more frequent droughts, intermittently interrupted by…
Researcher explores the gendered social construction of exceptionalism in early adolescence
“Are boys better at school than girls?” Michela Musto, a postdoctoral fellow at the Clayman Institute,…
Ring resonators corner light
Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have created the first silicon chip that can reliably…
Study explores how gossip spreads in social networks
How many different types of people—colleagues, friends, taxi drivers, etc.—should we hear a piece of information…
Supercomputers aid in novel simulations of gamma ray generation research
While intense magnetic fields are naturally generated by neutron stars, researchers have been striving to achieve…
Turning the switch on biofuels
Plant cell walls contain a renewable, nearly limitless supply of sugar that can be used in…
Here comes the sun: a new framework for artificial photosynthesis
Scientists have long sought to mimic the process by which plants make their own fuel using…