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Achieving goals to lower nutrient runoff in Lake Erie, a move designed to prevent harmful algal blooms and reduce low-oxygen conditions called .  Current federal water-quality guidelines aim to reduce nutrients – primarily phosphorous – in Lake Erie by 40%…

In a landmark report that marks a turning point in our understanding of global aridity, UN scientists have revealed a stark reality: more than three-quarters of Earth’s land has become permanently drier over recent decades, fundamentally altering life on our…

For the first time, scientists have observed a collection of particles, also known as a quasiparticle, that’s massless when moving one direction but has mass in the other direction. The quasiparticle, called a semi-Dirac fermion, was first theorized 16 years…

Google says its new quantum chip is its most powerful yet Google Quantum AI Google has unveiled a new quantum computer and is once more claiming to have pulled ahead in the race to show that these exotic machines can…

People who stutter have lower earnings, experience underemployment and express lower job satisfaction than those who don’t stutter, a new University of Florida study finds. Led by a UF College of Public Health and Health Professions researcher, the study examined data collected…

“Chicken. Chicken. Chicken.” I’m woken by the sound of my own voice looping madly. My sleep-addled mind can’t work out what’s going on. What time is it? Am I still dreaming? Then Laika, my dog, bounds into my bedroom. Laika…

With its Artemis program, NASA aims to return humans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. And on the eve of a new presidential administration, agency officials have announced both a delay to the program’s…

Volunteering, even a small amount, is linked to slower age acceleration for both retirees and working people, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. “We found that the effects of a moderate level…

An atom interferometer can make ultra-precise measurements of gravity RAL Space/IQO Hannover Extremely cold atoms have been used to measure gravity more precisely than we thought possible, beating a limit that stems from quantum weirdness. Ultracold atoms are some of…

December 10, 2024 3 min read How the Santa Ana Winds Are Stoking the Malibu Fire Dry weather and an extreme Santa Ana wind event have contributed to the explosive growth of the Franklin Fire in Malibu, Calif. By Andrea…