A new study published in PNAS, led by the United States Department of Agriculture and involving several researchers from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and Leipzig University, investigated how the relationship between mean annual precipitation...
Fighting Honey Fraud with AI Technology
McGill University researchers have developed an AI-powered method to verify the origin of honey, ensuring that what’s on the label matches what’s in the jar.
Electric Trains Are Quieter, More Reliable Than Diesel. New Study Finds They’re Healthier, Too.
A new study found that electrifying the San Francisco Bay Area’s Caltrain commuter rail line reduced riders’ exposure to carcinogenic black carbon by an average of 89%.
Farm Robot Autonomously Navigates, Harvests Among Raised Beds
Autonomous driving algorithm for robot using lidar shows promise with high-bed cultivation methods.
A Step Toward Harnessing Clean Energy From Falling Rainwater
When two materials come into contact, charged entities on their surfaces get a little nudge.
Scalable Graphene Membranes: A Leap for Carbon Capture
Scientists at EPFL have developed a scalable method to produce porous graphene membranes that efficiently separate carbon dioxide.
AI Finds New Ways to Observe the Most Extreme Events in the Universe
Extreme cosmic events such as colliding black holes or the explosions of stars can cause ripples in spacetime, so-called gravitational waves.
New Study Reveals How to Make Prescribed Forest Fires Burn Safer and Cleaner
Scientists estimate that tweaking some burn conditions could cut cancer risks from smoke exposure by over 50%.
New Projections Reveal More Extreme Erosion on O’ahu’s Shores
O‘ahu’s sandy beaches are at risk. New research from the Coastal Research Collaborative (CRC) at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa determined that 81% of O‘ahu’s coastline could experience erosion by 2100, with 40% of this loss happening by 2030.
UH Researcher Unveils New Model to Evaluate Impact of Extreme Events and Natural Hazards
When you’re on a sandy beach or the banks of a river, transformed by rolling waves or slightly still waters, it’s likely you’re not thinking about what happens just beneath the surface, where dirt and pollution are swirling and traveling through to new destinations.