Flights worldwide face increased risk of severe turbulence due to climate change
A map of the percentage change in the amount of moderate turbulence by the period 2050-2080 at 39,000 feet in altitude in Autumn (September,...
Large volcanic eruptions in Tropics can trigger El Niño events
Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupting on June 12, 1991. A much larger eruption occurred three days later.
Credit: U.S. Geological Survey
Explosive volcanic eruptions in...
Creating simplicity: How music fools the ear
New research suggests that the brain simplifies complex patterns, much in the same way that "lossless" music compression formats reduce audio files, by removing...
Speedy urine test for amphetamines sends results via app
This figure represents the newly developed amphetamine sensor with a wireless communication system. The drug sensor consists of a highly sensitive organic transistor platform...
Turbocharging engine design
Argonne’s Sibendu Som explains how the VERIFI team – along with the Aramco Research Center, Detroit – reduced engine design time from months to...
Long-range communication barrier for near-zero-power devices shattered
The communication range of many low-power devices is limited to several feet. The UW's long-range backscatter system's sensor (shown in the foreground) was able...
Being near colleagues helps cross-disciplinary research on papers and patents
"If you work near someone, you're more likely to have substantive conversations more frequently," says doctoral student Matthew Claudel.
Credit: Christopher Harting
Want to boost collaboration...
Light at the end of the tunnel: Restored forest now shelters dozens of endangered...
This is a red-bellied monkey with her baby in Drabo, Benin.
Credit: Peter Neuenschwander CC-BY 4.0
During the last twenty years, scientists worked hard to protect...
A stinging report: Climate change a major threat to bumble bees
This is Bombus bifarius, one of the three species of bumble bee studied by the Ogilvie and her team.
Credit: Jane Ogilvie
New research from a...
Free-flowing aerosol particles identified using holograms, lasers
Two overlapping lasers are helping Kansas State University physics researchers create holographic images of free-flowing air particles, which may help climate scientists and biological...
Extreme magnetic storm: Red aurora over Kyoto in 1770
The geometry of the auroral appearance as seen from Kyoto on Sept. 17 1770, is calculated for its reconstruction. Diamonds show the positions of...
