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- Fri May 24, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: Energy & the Environment
- Topic: Solar energy news and discussion
- Replies: 183
- Views: 125357
- Fri May 24, 2024 5:57 pm
- Forum: Energy & the Environment
- Topic: Climate Change News & Discussions
- Replies: 1083
- Views: 904751
Re: Climate Change News & Discussions
Global sea level rise is accelerating. https://x.com/LeonSimons8/status/1793757973703196684 Ice melt is also increasing, but @NOAA data suggests that (net) more than 100% of the rise is due to thermal expansion of the oceans! https://x.com/LeonSimons8/status/1793757973703196684/photo/1 This is very ...
- Fri May 24, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: Physics
- Topic: Physics News and Discussions
- Replies: 347
- Views: 297664
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New method can create aquatic levitation at much lower temperature, has implications for cooling nuclear reactors https://phys.org/news/2024-05-method-aquatic-levitation-temperature-implications.html by Virginia Tech Splash a few drops of water on a hot pan and if the pan is hot enough, the water wi...
- Fri May 24, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: Nanotechnology
- Topic: Nanotechnology News and Discussions
- Replies: 130
- Views: 159309
Re: Nanotechnology News and Discussions
First topological quantum simulator device in strong light-matter interaction regime to operate at room temperatures https://phys.org/news/2024-05-topological-quantum-simulator-device-strong.html by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have fabricated a de...
- Fri May 24, 2024 5:21 pm
- Forum: Biology & Medicine
- Topic: The Brain: Alzheimer's and dementia news and discussions
- Replies: 217
- Views: 201332
Re: The Brain: Alzheimer's and dementia news and discussions
Study connects genetic risk for autism to changes observed in the brain https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-genetic-autism-brain.html by University of California, Los Angeles A study led by UCLA Health has unveiled the most detailed view of the complex biological mechanisms underlying autism, sho...
- Fri May 24, 2024 5:18 pm
- Forum: Computers & the Internet
- Topic: 6G News and Discussions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14294
Re: 6G News and Discussions
To 6G and beyond: Engineers unlock the next generation of wireless communications https://techxplore.com/news/2024-05-6g-generation-wireless-communications.html by Ian Scheffler, University of Pennsylvania In the early 2010s, LightSquared, a multibillion-dollar startup promising to revolutionize cel...
- Fri May 24, 2024 5:17 pm
- Forum: Biology & Medicine
- Topic: General Organ research and treatment discussion thread
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9419
Re: General Organ research and treatment discussion thread
Combining human olfactory receptors with artificial organic synapses and a neural network to sniff out cancer https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-combining-human-olfactory-receptors-artificial.html by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress A team of chemical and biological engineers at Seoul National Univers...
- Fri May 24, 2024 5:07 pm
- Forum: Energy & the Environment
- Topic: Batteries & Energy Storage news and discussions
- Replies: 205
- Views: 165837
Re: Batteries & Energy Storage news and discussions
Extending the lifespan of lithium-metal batteries using a fluorinated ether diluent https://techxplore.com/news/2024-05-lifespan-lithium-metal-batteries-fluorinated.html by Ingrid Fadelli , Tech Xplore The design of battery technologies with increasingly longer lifespans could help to meet the growi...
- Fri May 24, 2024 5:05 pm
- Forum: The History Forum
- Topic: Natural History (13.8 billion years BC – 3.3 million BC)
- Replies: 268
- Views: 240738
Re: Natural History (13.8 billion years BC – 3.3 million BC)
Abelisauroid, a dinosaur with very tiny arms, identified in Argentina https://phys.org/news/2024-05-abelisauroid-dinosaur-tiny-arms-argentina.html by Bob Yirka , Phys.org A team of paleontologists from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Ci...
- Fri May 24, 2024 5:04 pm
- Forum: The History Forum
- Topic: Human Prehistory (3.3 million years BC – 3500 BC)
- Replies: 164
- Views: 182558
Re: Human Prehistory (3.3 million years BC – 3500 BC)
Researchers reconstruct genome of extinct species of flightless bird that once roamed the islands of New Zealand https://phys.org/news/2024-05-reconstruct-genome-extinct-species-flightless.html by Bob Yirka , Phys.org A team of evolutionary biologists at Harvard University, working with colleagues f...