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Mid-Atlantic Suburbs in U.S. Can Expect an Early Spring Thanks to the Heat of the Big City
March 9, 2012 — If you've been thinking our world is more green than frozen these days, you're right. A recent study has found that spring is in arriving earlier -- and autumn later -- in the suburbs of Baltimore ... > full story -
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Computer Processors: Saving Power, Saving Money
March 8, 2012 — Engineers have proposed a method of cutting power use and costs in computer processors. Called fine-grained power gating, the method would shut off energy to unused portions of datapath and memory ... > full story -
Reducing the Urban Heat Island Effect: Bright Is the New Black as New York Roofs Go Cool
March 7, 2012 — On the hottest day of the New York City summer in 2011, a white roof covering was measured at 42 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than the traditional black roof it was being compared to, according to a new ... > full story -
New Insights Into Cloud Formation
March 5, 2012 — Clouds have a profound effect on the climate, but we know surprisingly little about how they form. Researcher have studied how extremely small cloud particles can dispose of excess energy. This ... > full story -
New Nanoglue Is Thin and Supersticky
March 5, 2012 — Engineers have invented a superthin "nanoglue" that could be used in new-generation microchip ... > full story -
Spider Silk Conducts Heat as Well as Metals
March 5, 2012 — Researchers have discovered that spider silk is surprisingly good at transferring heat. Spider silk, in fact, conducts heat as well or better than most ... > full story -
How the Body Senses a Range of Hot Temperatures
March 2, 2012 — The winter sun feels welcome, but not so a summer sunburn. Research over the past 20 years has shown that proteins on the surface of nerve cells enable the body to sense several different ... > full story -
New Model Provides Different Take on Planetary Accretion: Collapse May Take Place in 3-D Cold Dust Cloud
February 29, 2012 — The prevailing model for planetary accretion assumes that the solar system's planets formed in an extremely hot, two-dimensional disk of gas and dust, post-dating the sun. Scientists now propose a ... > full story -
Deaths Triple Among Football Players, Morning Temperatures Thought to Play a Role
February 27, 2012 — Heat-related deaths among football players across the country tripled to nearly three per year between 1994 and 2009 after averaging about one per year the previous 15 years, according to an analysis ... > full story -
60-Year-Old Definition of Surface Tension on Solids Revised
February 27, 2012 — Researchers have shown that surface tension on a solid material is unconnected to the energy required to create a new surface. Consequently, surface tension on a solid does not exist in its ... > full story
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