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Did Earth’s magnetic field collapse for 2 hours on April 23?
The answer is no, Earth’s magnetic field did not collapse. Here’s all that really happened on April 23. A website claimed that the magnetic field did collapse and suggested that that worldwide disasters would result:
Glowing nanomaterial to drive new generation of solar cells
Physicists have discovered radical new properties in a nanomaterial which opens new possibilities for highly efficient thermophotovoltaic cells, which could one day harvest heat in the dark and turn it into electricity. The research team has demonstrated a new artificial material, or metamaterial, that glows in an unusual way when heated.
Planets stripped bare by host stars
Astronomers have defined a class of planet that have had their atmospheres stripped away by their host stars.
First US rice drip irrigation research project in CA leverages Israeli R&D
“We believe this initiative represents the first use of drip irrigation in the U. for a rice crop,” explains Kyriakos Tsakopoulos, president, principal and chief executive officer of Conaway Preservation Group, which owns the 17,000-acre Conaway Ranch. This effort could serve as a model for other farms and potentially save hundreds of thousands of acre feet of water in California … Read More
What happens to its stuff when black hole vanishes?
Physicists have argued strenuously that it was not possible that all quantum information could remain hidden withinthe black hole when it shrunk to minute sizes.
Geochemists show experimental verification of principle of detailed balance
Geochemists at Indiana University and Virginia Tech have developed and demonstrated a technique for assessing the validity of a principle that has long been important in thermodynamics and chemical kinetics but has proven resistant to experimental verification.
Seashells or spider silk: how nature could transform the structure of cities
In the race to replace concrete and steel, bioengineers and architects are experimenting with alternatives including blood, bone and eggshells Ask the Cambridge bioengineer, Michelle Oyen, how the cities of the future might look, and she’ll reference termite mounds, along with the swirling architecture of Antoni Gaudí, whose buildings look like they’ve grown from organic matter rather than been built … Read More
Court upholds federal plan to protect vast polar bear habitat in Alaska
A federal government plan to protect a vast area of the US Arctic as habitat for polar bears has been upheld by an appeals court, overturning a previous victory by the state of Alaska and fossil fuel lobbyists against the designation.
Graphene's Role as a Superconductor Just Got Better
For first time, Japanese researchers have observed “zero” electrical resistivity in graphene