La Nina—which often means a busier Atlantic hurricane season, a drier Southwest and perhaps a more fire-prone California—has popped up in the Pacific Ocean.
Environment
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NASA on Thursday announced it was in the market for Moon rocks, and wants to pay companies to scoop out the dirt, take a photo, and then have it ready for collection by a future mission.
Space Exploration
Sep 10, 2020
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People are starting almost all the wildfires that threaten U.S. homes, according to an innovative new analysis combining housing and wildfire data. Through activities like debris burning, equipment use and arson, humans were ...
Environment
Sep 10, 2020
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A novel process to fabricate special optical fiber that is far simpler, faster and cheaper than the conventional method has been developed by Cristiano Cordeiro, a researcher and professor at the University of Campinas's ...
General Physics
Sep 10, 2020
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The search is on to discover new states of matter, and possibly new ways of encoding, manipulating, and transporting information. One goal is to harness materials' quantum properties for communications that go beyond what's ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 10, 2020
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It is established that matter can transition between different phases when certain parameters, such as temperature, are changed. Although phase transitions are common (like water turning into ice in a freezer), the dynamics ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 10, 2020
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Vehicles powered by polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are energy-efficient and eco-friendly, but despite increasing public interest in PEMFC-powered transportation, current performance of materials that are ...
Materials Science
Sep 10, 2020
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For quantum optical technologies to become more practical, there is a need for large-scale integration of quantum photonic circuits on chips.
Quantum Physics
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Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have found that something may be missing from the theories of how dark matter behaves. This missing ...
Astronomy
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Aerosols are tiny solid or liquid particles suspended in the air. They influence the climate by absorbing or scattering sunlight and serving as cloud condensation nuclei. Moreover, they can impact human well-being through ...
Earth Sciences
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