A new study published in Nature Communications has shown that in the asymptotic limit, extracting the maximum possible work ...

Microfiber pollution from large-scale laundry operations is emerging as a significant and largely unseen environmental issue.

Researchers are calling to exploit sewage waste and manure to break U.S. synthetic fertilizer dependence. Wasps have begun ...

A joint research team led by Professor Park Kyoung-Duck and Associate Director Suh Yung Doug of the Center for ...

Sexual misconduct—including sexual harassment, stalking, intimate partner violence and sexual assault—is a common problem on ...

Nitrogen (N) fertilizer supports global agriculture, but its use and overuse drive emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), a potent ...

Researchers have found that a group of chemicals known as PFAS can be transferred from mother dolphins to their nursing ...

In subduction zones, the sites of the world's largest earthquakes, tectonic activity may generate a "pump" that transports ...

Thawing permafrost buried underneath rivers may be accelerating permafrost degradation faster than previously estimated in ...

Placed within a borehole drilled deep through the layers of a landslide, a fiber optic cable captured tiny, periodic ...

Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting ...

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