Crucial Tool for Managing Global Warming Allows Scientists To Measure Carbon Without Disturbing Plants
Scientists develop a new way to take a census of carbon in the ground under our feet – a crucial tool for managing climate change…
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Particle Physics Breakthrough: Scientists Report First-of-Its-Kind Neutrino Measurement
For the first time, physicists extracted the detailed “energy-dependent neutrino-argon interaction cross section,” a key value for studying how neutrinos change their flavor Physicists studying…
Low-Cost Device Generates Electricity Naturally in the Dark
A thermoelectric generator is built whose cold side radiates heat to the sky Night-time power generation of 25 mW/m2 is demonstrated, sufficient for an LED…
New Technique Streamlines Design of Intricate Fusion Devices
Stellarators, twisty machines that house fusion reactions, rely on complex magnetic coils that are challenging to design and build. Now, a physicist at the U.S….
Superconductor Discovery Comes From Disorder
Useful chaos — introduced disorder improves superconductivity. Discovered more than 100 years ago, superconductivity continues to captivate scientists who seek to develop components for highly…
Scientists Develop Method for Identify Source of Perplexing Waves
Magnetic reconnection, the snapping apart and violent reconnection of magnetic field lines in plasma — the state of matter composed of free electrons and atomic…
Weird Superconductor Leads Double Life
Understanding strontium titanate’s odd behavior will aid efforts to develop materials that conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency at higher temperatures. Until about 50 years…
OptiQ Ultra Thermal Windows Reduce Energy Loss by up to 40 Percent
Traco and the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy partnered up to develop the new energy-efficient OptiQ Ultra Thermal Windows. These windows are…