For all its pervasiveness and the efforts to study it, cancer is still somewhat of a mystery. Why do some animals get it at a higher rate than others? This is the question at the heart of Peto's paradox, the observation that large animals, by virtue of their number of...
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Climate scientist identifying water requirements for climate mitigation through ecosystem restoration
Worldwide, deforestation and farming practices are responsible for the degradation of vital ecosystems. While there is a significant amount of interest in climate mitigation by restoring those degraded lands with forests and other ecosystems, it is unclear how feasible that would be and the resulting benefits. Previous studies have not...
Watershed moment: Engineers invent high-yield atmospheric water capture device for arid regions
As a megadrought stresses the water supply throughout the Southwest, revolutionary research is answering this problem with a groundbreaking technology that pulls large amounts of water from the air in low humidities.
Developing new high-performance and recyclable materials
Researchers have developed a groundbreaking new material poised to advance high-sensitivity recyclable sensor technology. The team created a recyclable high-sensitivity sensor based on the dynamic polymer network. This next-generation material is garnering attention for its ability to combine environmental sustainability with high performance.
The evolution of green energy technology: Developing three-dimensional smart energy devices with radiant cooling and solar absorption
- DGIST, KAIST, and Korea University collaborated to develop a three-dimensional device with reversible heating/cooling based on the thermal radiation phenomenon -- Research published as a cover article in Advanced Materials
SMU Solution May Be Key to Low-Cost, Long-Lasting Renewable Batteries for Electric Vehicles
SMU engineer and his research team have found a way to make lithium-sulfur batteries last longer, with higher energy, than existing renewable batteries.
Fire Speed, Not Size, Drives Threat to People, Infrastructure
Fast-growing fires were responsible for nearly 90 percent of fire-related damages despite being relatively rare in the United States between 2001-2020, according to a new CU Boulder-led study.
Plant Diversity Enhances Soil Carbon Retention
A new study shows that increasing plant diversity in agriculture can be used to improve the carbon sequestration potential of agricultural soils.
‘Well-man’ thrown from castle identified from 800-year-old Norse saga
A passage in the Norse Sverris Saga, the 800-year-old story of King Sverre Sigurdsson, describes a military raid that occurred in AD 1197, during which a body was thrown into a well at Sverresborg Castle, outside Trondheim in central Norway, likely as an attempt to poison the main water source...
Researcher trains AI to predict diarrheal outbreaks related to climate change
Climate change-related extreme weather, such as massive flooding and prolonged drought, often result in dangerous outbreaks of diarrheal diseases particularly in less developed countries, where diarrheal diseases is the third leading cause of death among young children. Now a study offers a way to predict the risk of such deadly...