Over the last 12 months, the world saw, on average, 26 additional days of extreme heat as a result of climate change, a new analysis finds.
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Landmark Study is Step Towards Energy-Efficient Quantum Computing in Magnets
Researchers from Lancaster University and Radboud University Nijmegen have managed to generate propagating spin waves at the nanoscale and discovered a novel pathway to modulate and amplify them.
Simple Food Swaps Could Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Household Groceries by a Quarter
Switching food and drink purchases to very similar but more environmentally friendly alternatives could reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from household groceries by more than a quarter (26%) according to a new Australian study from The George Institute for Global Health and Imperial College London published today in Nature Food.
Marine Protected Areas Don’t Line Up With Core Habitats of Rare Migratory Fish, Finds New Research
A team of researchers in France from the “Pole MIAME” that gathers diadromous fish experts from multiple research institutions (OFB, INRAE, Institut Agro and UPPA) have developed a new modelling approach that accurately predicts core and unsuitable habitats of rare and data-poor diadromous fish (fish which migrate between marine and freshwater), such as threatened shads and the IUCN red-listed ‘critically endangered’ European eel.
Improved Refrigeration Could Save Nearly Half of the 1.3 Billion Tons of Food Wasted Each Year Globally
About a third of the food produced globally each year goes to waste, while approximately 800 million people suffer from hunger, according to the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
Charge Your Laptop in a Minute or Your EV in 10? Supercapacitors Can Help; New Research Offers Clues
Imagine if your dead laptop or phone could charge in a minute or if an electric car could be fully powered in 10 minutes.