Renaissance polymath Leonard da Vinci demonstrated that frictional forces slow down the motion of surfaces in contact.
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New Study Settles Long-Standing Debate: Does Agricultural Erosion Create a Carbon Sink or Source
Over the last decade, researchers have sounded the alarm on soil erosion being the biggest threat to global food security.
How to Pull Carbon Dioxide Out of Seawater
As carbon dioxide continues to build up in the Earth’s atmosphere, research teams around the world have spent years seeking ways to remove the gas efficiently from the air.
Engineered Wood Grows Stronger While Trapping Carbon Dioxide
Rice University scientists have figured out a way to engineer wood to trap carbon dioxide through a potentially scalable, energy-efficient process that also makes the material stronger for use in construction.
Building Higher Islands Could Save the Maldives From Sea-Level Rise, Says Study
Artificially raising island heights or building completely new higher islands have been proposed as solutions to sea-level rise in the Maldives and other low-lying nations.
How a Record-Breaking Copper Catalyst Converts CO2 Into Liquid Fuels
Since the 1970s, scientists have known that copper has a special ability to transform carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels.
