A Closer Look At The Properties Of Sand
When we fill a bucket up with sand, flip it upside down, and remove the bucket to make a sand castle, we usually don’t think…
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Characterizing Long-Term Groundwater Conditions And Lithology For The Design Of Large-Scale Borehole Heat Exchangers
The Earth’s subsurface remains at a relatively stable temperature at a given depth despite daily and seasonal changes in the weather at the surface. Rock…
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Asteroids And Comets Shower Mars With Organics
Life as we know it is based on water and organic compounds. Studying how water and organics form, evolve and move within our Solar System…
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When Mimicry Matters: Sheep Mimic Important Individuals And Behaviours
Social animals routinely mimic the behaviors of their social partners. This ubiquitous phenomenon is the cornerstone of group cohesion and effective group functioning. After all,…
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Solar Photoactive Materials For Hydrogen Generation And Water Treatment
Solar photoactive material like TiO2 has a wide range of applications. It can be used in photovoltaic (PV) cells, hydrogen generation, water treatment, and much…
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The Impact Of Storage Conditions On The Recovery Efficiency Of ATES Systems
Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) systems provide sustainable heating and cooling for buildings by seasonally storing heat in underground aquifers. Combined with a heat pump,…
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3D Printing Lithium Ion Micro-Batteries
A great example of how materials science can transform technology and society is Moore’s Law. Writing a half-century ago, Gordon Moore predicted that continuous improvements…
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Black Box, White Coat: Rise Of The Machines In Medicine
Machine learning (ML) and its parent, artificial intelligence (AI), hold the potential to transform the way we live and work. For many, AI remains a…
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Deducing Jupiter’s Stratospheric Circulation From Its Composition
Jupiter is the king of all planets in the Solar System. It is the largest one, mostly composed of gas, and is thought to have…
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Observing The Natives: Impact Of Interpersonal Communication Style On Teamwork And Engagement In Surgical Teams
Whether it’s in the cockpit, on the battlefield, or in the operating room (OR), we would all agree that we want the A-team in place,…
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Thermo-Sensitive Tracers For Investigating The Temperatures In Geothermal Reservoirs
With the depletion of fossil fuels, geothermal has been gradually entering the field of view on renewable energy in the past decades. A crucial aspect…
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