Increase in marine heat waves threatens coastal habitats
Heat waves—like the one that blistered the Pacific Northwest last June—also occur underwater. A new study in Frontiers in Marine Science paints ...
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Homelessness increases serious illness, emergency room visits during heat waves
In 2020, amidst a worldwide pandemic, 580,000 people were experiencing homelessness in the United States, marking the fourth consecutive year ...
These fish work together by the hundreds of thousands to make waves
In the sports arena, spectators sometimes create a spectacle known as a wave, as successive groups stand up in unison ...
New model accurately describes COVID-19 waves and plateaus: Adding random nature of social activity to traditional model, graphs match waves and plateaus of regional US data
To better understand the factors governing the wave and plateau dynamics of the spread of COVID-19, a team of scientists ...
New research makes waves tackling the future of tsunami monitoring and modeling
The coastal zone is home to over a billion people. Rising sea levels are already impacting coastal residents and aggravating ...
Breaking the symmetry of sound waves allows the sound to be directed to a certain place
Research undertaken by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has concluded that sound can be directed to a certain ...
New ways for dynamical prediction of extreme heat waves
This press release was provided by CNRS—Institut de physique, in collaboration with the American Physical Society and the Laboratoire de ...
On the generation and propagation of internal solitary waves in the southern Andaman Sea: A numerical study
This study is led by Prof. Cai (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences). The two-dimensional Massachusetts ...
Plugging into ocean waves with a flexible, seaweed-like generator (video)
Ocean waves can be powerful, containing enough energy to push around sand, pebbles and even boulders during storms. These waves, ...
Strange radio waves emerge from the direction of the galactic centre
Astronomers have discovered unusual signals coming from the direction of the Milky Way’s centre. The radio waves fit no currently ...
Making waves: A contactless way to detect damage in transparent materials
Transparent materials have become an essential component in a wide variety of technological applications, ranging from everyday electronics like tablets ...
How do higher waves cause more ice clouds? Research expedition into arctic sea explains
Some of the most well-known and feared aspects of climate change are its potential effects on weather patterns and how ...
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Seeing inside cells with an integrated nanowire probe
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Semiconductor spin qubits gain further credibility as leading platform for quantum computing
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Lockdown drove pollution changes between – even within – cities
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Safe planetary boundary for pollutants, including plastics, exceeded, researchers say
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Fake it ‘till you make it? University of Ottawa study finds it’s better to live in the emotional moment
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Magnesium is essential for the immune system, including in the fight against cancer