From lab to slab: Rubber concrete flexes into the residential market
A novel approach to rubber recycling could see end-of-life tyres repurposed into concrete for residential constructions as new research shows that it can provide...
Researchers discover source of super-fast electron ‘rain’
Scientists have discovered a new source of super-fast, energetic electrons raining down on Earth's atmosphere, a phenomenon that contributes to the colorful aurora borealis...
European earthworms reduce insect populations in North American forests
Earthworms introduced into northern North America have a negative impact on the insect fauna above ground. Soil ecologists found this impact for abundance as...
Drought alters Mammoth Mountain’s carbon dioxide emissions
A study suggests the weight of snow and ice atop the Sierra Nevada affects a California volcano's carbon dioxide emissions, one of the main...
Planet-scale MRI
Researchers presented the results of efforts to perform global full waveform inversions of the Earth using the Frontera supercomputer. They used data from 300...
New software to help discover valuable compounds
Because the comparative metabolomics field lacks sophisticated data analysis tools that are available to genomics and proteomics researchers, metabolomics researchers spend a lot of...
Describing the devastating eruption in Tonga
On January 15, the volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai devastated the nation of Tonga. The eruption triggered tsunamis as far afield as the Caribbean and...
Plastic bag bans may unintentionally drive other bag sales
When cities or counties institute plastic bag bans or fees, the idea is to reduce the amount of plastic headed to the landfill. But...
Nature-based carbon removal can help protect us from a warming planet
A new study finds that temporary nature-based carbon removal can lower global peak warming levels but only if complemented by ambitious fossil fuel emission...
Scientists achieve record efficiency for ultra-thin solar panels
A team has successfully increased the levels of energy absorbed by wafer-thin photovoltaic panels by 25%. Their solar panels, just one micrometer thick, convert...
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