Climate change could mean more weight restrictions and higher costs for airlines
Jul 13, 2017, 3:09 pm By ENN
As air temperatures rise at constant pressure, the density of air declines and this makes it harder…Study suggests route to improving rechargeable lithium batteries
Jul 13, 2017, 3:04 pm By ENNMost of today’s lithium-ion batteries, which power everything from cars to phones, use a liquid as…Study Finds Toxic Mercury is Accumulating in the Arctic Tundra
Jul 13, 2017, 11:58 am By ENN
Vast amounts of toxic mercury are accumulating in the Arctic tundra, threatening the health and…New biofuel technology cuts production time significantly
Jul 13, 2017, 11:43 am By ENN
New research from a professor of engineering at UBC’s Okanagan Campus might hold the key to…NASA Infrared Image Shows Eugene Now a Remnant
Jul 13, 2017, 11:07 am By ENN
Former Hurricane Eugene has now weakened to a remnant low pressure area. Infrared imagery from…How selenium compounds might become catalysts
Jul 13, 2017, 10:59 am By ENNChemists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have tested a new approach for activating chemical reactions…Testing a soft artificial heart
Jul 13, 2017, 10:49 am By ENNIt looks like a real heart. And this is the goal of the first entirely soft artificial heart: to…NOAA's greenhouse gas index up 40 percent since 1990
Jul 13, 2017, 10:27 am By ENN
NOAA’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Index, which tracks the warming influence of long-lived greenhouse…Summer of sailing drones
Jul 13, 2017, 10:20 am By ENNOver the next four months, NOAA scientists will launch unmanned ocean vehicles, called Saildrones,…How Drones are Advancing Scientific Research
Jul 13, 2017, 10:06 am By ENNDrones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), have been around since the early 1900s. Originally used…Surging Heat May Limit Aircraft Takeoffs Globally
Jul 13, 2017, 9:46 am By ENN
Rising temperatures due to global warming will make it harder for many aircraft around the world to…Insecticides damage bee socialization and learning skills, study reports
Jul 12, 2017, 6:20 pm By ENNThe effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on bees has been widely covered in the news recently, with…Hundreds of species of fungi in deep coral ecosystems discovered by University of Hawaii at Manoa botanists
Jul 12, 2017, 6:04 pm By ENN
Researchers from the University of Hawai?i at M?noa Department of Botany have discovered…Dartmouth Study: Highway Salt Is Polluting Our Lakes
Jul 12, 2017, 5:54 pm By ENN
Salt can be good, and it can also be bad. Sprinkled on food, it makes things tastier, but it may…Slow Earthquakes Occur Continuously in the Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone
Jul 12, 2017, 5:34 pm By ENN
Seismologists at the University of California, Riverside studying earthquakes in the seismically and…NASA Sees Formation of Tropical Storm Fernanda in Eastern Pacific Ocean
Jul 12, 2017, 5:30 pm By ENN
The sixth tropical depression of the Eastern Pacific Ocean hurricane season formed near southwestern…Climate change to deplete some US water basins, reduce irrigated crop yields
Jul 12, 2017, 5:24 pm By ENNA new study by MIT climate scientists, economists, and agriculture experts finds that certain…Why you might trust a quantum computer with secrets – even over the internet
Jul 12, 2017, 11:40 am By ENN
Here's the scenario: you have sensitive data and a problem that only a quantum computer can solve.…Huge Antarctic iceberg finally breaks free
Jul 12, 2017, 11:23 am By ENN
After months of ‘hanging by a thread’ a vast iceberg the size of Norfolk has finally broken off…Treated Graywater Is Better for the Environment
Jul 12, 2017, 11:04 am By ENN
Reusing graywater in dry areas may require treatment for more efficient irrigation in arid, sandy…
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