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Researchers in the U.S. have discovered a self-sustaining material that uses capillary condensation to harvest water from the ...
SeaSplat is an image-analysis tool that cuts through the ocean's optical effects to generate images of underwater environments reveal an ocean scene's true colors. Researchers paired the ...
Next time you gulp down your favourite beer, you could be consuming dangerous 'forever chemicals', a new study shows.
A metamaterial is a composite material that exhibits unique properties due to its structure, and now researchers have used one featuring a small sawtooth pattern on its surface to move and position ...
At Lake Chilwa in Malawi, an innovative new project known as the SOUND Program is helping locals get the information they need to properly manage fish populations.
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have discovered a phenomenon—applying pressure to a copper-chromium Prussian blue ...
The number of Long Island Sound's more than 200 beaches considered safe to swim at has fallen in the past four years, and ...
Japanese researchers discovered that specific sound frequencies (440 Hz and 14 kHz) can alter gene expression in mice cells, ...
Composer and sound designer John Valasis has spent the past two decades working across film, television, and audio ...
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What is Water Hammer?
Hydraulic transients (also known as water hammer) can seem innocuous in a residential setting, but these spikes in pressure can cause major damage to large pipelines and industrial pipe networks. In ...
New research from New Zealand shows how human activities can heighten and expedite the risks of sinking cities.
It's that mysterious, creepy, slightly screeching sound effect you've heard so many times before... But how is it made?