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Breakdown of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions by sector
How much do electricity, transport, and land use contribute to different greenhouse gas emissions?
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 2,419 posts.
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Researchers identify new type of superconductor
The history of superconducting materials has been a tale of two types: s-wave and d-wave. Now, Cornell researchers have discovered a possible third type: g-wave.
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Who has contributed most to global CO2 emissions?
Our impact on climate change is not just about emissions that occur today. How much we emitted in the past also matters.
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Study shows proof that a safer UV light effectively kills virus causing Covid-19
Researchers offer first proof that Ultraviolet C light with a 222 nm wavelength — which is safer to use around humans — effectively kills the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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Engineers produce a fisheye lens that’s completely flat
Engineers at MIT and UMass Lowell have designed a wide-angle lens that is completely flat. It is the first flat fisheye lens to produce crisp, 180-degree panoramic images.
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Hubble Captures Crisp New Image of Jupiter and Europa
This latest image of Jupiter, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 25 August 2020, was captured when the planet was 653 million kilometres from Earth. Hubble’s sharp view is giving researchers an updated weather report on the monster planet’s turbulent atmosphere, including a remarkable new storm brewing…
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Research questions that could have a big social impact, organised by discipline
Some ideas for socially valuable research topics across 19 fields.
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Phosphine detected in the atmosphere of Venus – an indicator of possible life?
An international team of astronomers, led by Professor Jane Greaves of Cardiff University, today announced the discovery of a rare molecule – phosphine – in the ...
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Nature's Decline Unprecedented; Species Extinction Rates Accelerating (2019)
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - Time for Global Action for People and Planet
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Sensors of largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapixel images at SLAC
The camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
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Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize
Professor Sir Martin Hairer is the single winner of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics.
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Portable MRI promises to provide immediate diagnosis in virtually any setting
New Yale research represents the first known attempt to deploy a mobile, bedside MRI, which promises to provide immediate diagnosis in virtually any setting.
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Climeworks lays the foundation to scale up carbon dioxide removal significantly
Climeworks has signed groundbreaking agreements with Carbfix and ON Power to lay the foundation for a new plant that will significantly scale-up carbon...
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Post-Covid heart damage in some children: study
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), believed to be linked to COVID-19, damages the heart to such an extent that some children will need lifelong monitoring and interventions, said the senior author of a medical literature review published Sept. 4 in EClinicalMedicine, a journal of The Lancet. Case…
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CO₂ emissions
How much CO₂ does the world emit? Which countries emit the most?
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Long COVID: Lasting effects of COVID-19
COVID-19 can have lasting symptoms that affect many parts of the body. Learn more about the symptoms and effects of long COVID.
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Significant sex differences in Covid-19 immune response
Yale researchers have identified significant differences in how the immune systems of women and men respond to the virus that causes COVID-19.
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A step towards new nitrogen products
A nifty move with nitrogen has brought the world one step closer to creating a range of useful products — from dyes to pharmaceuticals — out of thin air.
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Data from Chernobyl and Fukushima provide answers about the risks of nuclear
The public is always asking of nuclear, ‘what if it all goes wrong?’ Data from Chernobyl and Fukushima have now provided the answer.
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Today is Earth Overshoot Day – (08/22)
Learn how past Earth Overshoot Days are calculated based on the Ecological Footprint and see how the date has changed over the years.
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Wildfires in Big Basin Redwoods State Park
We are devastated to report that Big Basin, as we have known it, loved it, and cherished it for generations, is gone. Early reports are that the wildfire has consumed much of the park’s historic facilities. We do not yet know the fate of the park’s grandest old trees.
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Popular seafood species in sharp decline around the world
Fish market favourites such as orange roughy, common octopus and pink conch are among the species of fish and invertebrates in rapid decline around the world, according to new research.
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Environmental Impacts of Food Production
What are the environmental impacts of food production? How do we reduce the impacts of agriculture on the environment?
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Saliva-based Covid-19 test approved by FDA
The YSPH-developed test, called SalivaDirect, has been used as part of an NBA testing program and will now be available to more diagnostic laboratories.
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Young children would rather explore than get rewards
Young children will pass up rewards they know they can collect to explore other options, a new study suggests. Researchers found that when adults and 4- to 5-year-old children played a game where certain choices earned them rewards, both adults and children quickly learned what choices would give them the biggest…