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Design wind turbines based on whales and dolphins
Scientific application

Design wind turbines based on whales and dolphins

Marine animals have evolved for millions of years to optimize domestic motion efficiency; while people try to perfect aerodynamic design for about a century. So we need…

December 16, 2018
Application of Electron Spin to create Maser
Scientific application

Application of Electron Spin to create Maser

Most lasers operate at infrared and visible wavelengths, but the first laser, built in 1954, is actually a maser - using microwaves. September 15 in Physical Review Lett…

December 16, 2018
Perennial ice in the Arctic is disappearing
Environment

Perennial ice in the Arctic is disappearing

This further increases the likelihood of a prediction that by the middle of the century there will be no more ice sheets in the summer on the Arctic Sea.

December 16, 2018
Conditions for forming lightning
Environment

Conditions for forming lightning

Besides the atmospheric conditions related to weather and humidity, air ionization plays an important role in lightning formation.

December 16, 2018
Melted glacier water subsides the ocean floor
Environment

Melted glacier water subsides the ocean floor

Dutch experts warn that the current sea-level assessment methods do not take into account the increased volume of the entire ocean as glaciers and ice shelves melt.

December 16, 2018
The origin of the term El nino
Environment

The origin of the term El nino

According to the simplest definition, El nino is a phenomenon that breaks down the normal conditions of the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical Pacific region, causi…

December 16, 2018