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Small hydroelectric dams increase globally with little research, regulations
Hydropower dams may conjure images of the massive Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state or the Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China -- the...
Crows ‘hooked’ on fast food
Biologists at the Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh have discovered why some crows 'craft' elaborate hooked tools out of branched twigs.
The new study,...
Engineers design artificial synapse for ‘brain-on-a-chip’ hardware
When it comes to processing power, the human brain just can't be beat.
Packed within the squishy, football-sized organ are somewhere around 100 billion neurons. At...
Climate engineering, once started, would have severe impacts if stopped
Facing a climate crisis, we may someday spray sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere to form a cloud that cools the Earth, but suddenly...
Big energy savings building the world’s smallest electro-optic modulator
Researchers at Oregon State University have designed and fabricated the world's smallest electro-optic modulator, which could mean major reductions in energy used by data...
New for three types of extreme-energy space particles: Theory shows unified origin
New model connects the origins of very high-energy neutrinos, ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, and high-energy gamma rays with black-hole jets embedded in their environments.
One of...
Global temperature targets will be missed within decades unless carbon emissions reversed
New projections by researchers from the Universities of Southampton and Liverpool, and the Australian National University in Canberra, could be the catalyst the world...
A ‘hot Jupiter’ with unusual winds
The hottest point on a gaseous planet near a distant star isn't where astrophysicists expected it to be - a discovery that challenges scientists'...
First evidence of winds outside black holes throughout their mealtimes
New research shows the first evidence of strong winds around black holes throughout bright outburst events when a black hole rapidly consumes mass.
The study,...
Virus shown to be likely cause of mystery polio-like illness
A major review by UNSW Sydney medical researchers has identified strong evidence that a virus called Enterovirus D68 is the cause of a mystery...
Double trouble: Moisture, not just heat impacts sex of sea turtle hatchlings
Alarming results from a recent gender ratio study revealed that 99 percent of young green turtles from Australia's Northern Great Barrier Reef are female...
