How does Earth sustain its magnetic field?
How did the chemical makeup of our planet's core shape its geologic history and habitability?
How did the chemical makeup of our planet's core shape its geologic history and habitability?
Earth Sciences
Jul 6, 2020
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Studies have shown the Arctic is warming roughly twice as fast as the rest of the world, and its soil holds twice the amount of carbon dioxide as the atmosphere. New research from San Diego State University finds that water ...
Environment
Jul 2, 2020
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Lattice thermal conductivities of MgSiO3 bridgmanite and postperovskite (PPv) phases under the Earth's deepest mantle conditions have been determined by quantum mechanical computer simulations. Researchers at Ehime University ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 13, 2020
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An international team of scientists has figured out how to capture heat and turn it into electricity.
General Physics
Sep 23, 2019
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Researchers from Tsinghua University and Brown University have discovered a simple way to give a major boost to turbulent heat exchange, a method of heat transport widely used in heating, ventilation and air conditioning ...
General Physics
Aug 1, 2019
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Whether studying the core of our sun or the inside of a fusion reactor, scientists need to determine how energy flows in plasma. Scientists use simulations to calculate the flow. The simulations rely on the classical thermal ...
Plasma Physics
Apr 18, 2019
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Extreme heat over the North China Plain is happening with increasing frequency in recent years, posing a substantial threat to human health and social activities. Thus, the mechanism behind the formation of extreme heat is ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2018
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A new University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa study has produced a new technique involving heat that could help prevent nuclear power plant accidents.
Nanophysics
Oct 1, 2018
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By mapping the heat escaping from below the Greenland Ice Sheet, a NASA scientist has sharpened our understanding of the dynamics that dominate and shape terrestrial planets.
Earth Sciences
Aug 1, 2018
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A paper appearing in Geophysical Research Letters uses machine learning to craft an improved model for understanding geothermal heat flux—heat emanating from the Earth's interior—below the Greenland Ice Sheet. It's a ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2018
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