Will The Real Carbon Footprint Please Stand Up?
Slippery things, these carbon footprints can be. In principle, they are simple: the sum of all global warming emissions from cradle to grave of a…
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Breaking The Acoustic Resolution Limit With A Metamaterial Magnifying Lens
The acoustic microscope is a critical component for a variety of applications including quality control, medical imaging, biomedical sensors, and focused ultrasound surgery, owing to…
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Can We Maximize The Economic Benefits Of Microalgae Biofuel Production?
An increasing body of research has indicated that microalgae biofuels have the potential to effectively transition society away from fossil fuels at lower economic and…
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Oceanic Eddies May Not Help The Southern Ocean To Absorb Atmospheric CO2
The oceans have the capacity to slow down climate change by absorbing the atmospheric CO2 emitted by human activities. Australian scientists now question the role…
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3D Printing: How Materials Are Printed Layer-By-Layer Using Stereolithography
Engineered materials consisting of specific patterns of nano- or microparticles embedded in a matrix can exhibit unique mechanical, electrical, thermal, acoustic, and/or electromagnetic properties, which…
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The Loss Of The Martian Atmosphere Over Its Lifetime
The current atmosphere of Mars is tenuous, with a surface pressure only about 3% of Earth’s, and consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. Almost no liquid…
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Energy Harvesting: A Novel Flexible & Biocompatible Hydrogel Diode To Capture Ubiquitous Mechanical Energy
Modern society relies heavily on traditional fossil fuels including petroleum, natural gas, and coal, to sustain the daily needs. However, it is well known that…
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Climate Change for Dummies: The Basics of Climate Change Physics
Welcome to those who do not believe in climate change and wish to start a friendly debate over the internet! Better yet, welcome to those…
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Quadratic Optimization and Quantum Computing
Recent advances in quantum computing along with increased interest in solving difficult optimization problems is shining a light on a research area that has been…
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The Role Of Water In Aerosol Climate Forcing
We’re familiar with the role greenhouse gases play as the driving force behind climate change, through their absorption of longwave radiation and heating of the…
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InSight Mission Will Reveal Mars’ Past Hidden Just Five Meters Below Its Surface
Rocky planets like Mars and Earth have formed during the early stages of our Solar System by acquiring their mass through collisions of planetesimals and…
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