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Quenching the intense heat of a fusion plasma may require a well-placed liquid metal evaporator

Inside the next generation of fusion vessels known as spherical tokamaks, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) envisioned a hot region with flowing liquid metal that is reminiscent of a subterranean.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgAug 21st, 2024

Metal Slug Tactics gives turn-based strategy a hyper-stylized shot of adrenaline

It's a little rogue-lite, it's a bit '90s arcade, and it's surprisingly deep. Metal Slug Tactics pushes hard on the boundaries of the vaunted run-and-gun arcade series. You can ru.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Metal Slug Tactics is an arcade reimagining worth playing on Game Pass

Metal Slug Tactics reimagines SNK's classic arcade action game as a turn-based strategy game, but the conversion works surprisingly well......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Scientists have figured out why Martian soil is so crusty

On November 26, 2018, NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) mission landed on Mars. This was a major milestone in Mars exploration since it was the first time a research station had been deplo.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Cracking the code to copper"s fiery origins

An international study, including researchers from The University of Western Australia, has unveiled new pathways to future copper deposits by cracking the code to the metal's origins, a discovery that could reshape the future of copper mining and he.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Spraying rice with zinc oxide nanoparticles protects yields during heat waves, study finds

A small team of horticulturists in China and the U.S. has found that spraying rice plants with a zinc oxide nanoparticle solution helps them better handle the stress of a heat wave. In their study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

How many trees does it take to cool a city? Researchers develop tool to set urban tree canopy goals

Cities around the globe are increasingly experiencing dangerous heat as urban concrete and asphalt amplify rising temperatures. Tree-planting programs are a popular, nature-based way to cool cities, but these initiatives have been largely based on gu.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Unlocking next-gen chip efficiency: Researchers confirm thermal insights for tiny circuits

In a leap toward more powerful and efficient computer chips, researchers at the University of Virginia have confirmed a key principle governing heat flow in thin metal films—a critical component in the race to design faster, smaller and more effici.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Is Donald Trump preying on his supporters" death fears? What terror management theory offers us

Death and destruction from climate crises—flooding, fires, hurricanes and heat......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Monkeys know who will win the election—primal instincts humans share with them shape voters" choices

As Election Day looms with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump locked in a dead heat, pollsters and pundits are scrambling for clues to predict the outcome......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Tech company debuts breakthrough liquid-cooling system to power AI: "Fundamentally changing how power is used"

Tech company debuts breakthrough liquid-cooling system to power AI: "Fundamentally changing how power is used".....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  yahooRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Can Apple innovate if iPhone remains the biggest slice of its revenues?

Every year, complaints come from the usual suspects demanding to know when Apple will innovate, and specifically when it will launch a new, even more popular form factor than iPhone. Does "innovation" require iPhone to fail as a product?Can Apple inn.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

RNA sequencing approach offers real-time and programmable transcriptome sequencing

The high complexity and diversity of the eukaryotic transcriptome poses significant challenges for the efficient detection of specific transcripts. Conventional targeted RNA-seq methods often require labor-intensive pre-sequencing enrichment steps, w.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

A comparison of bat and bird wings reveals their evolutionary paths are vastly different

Bats are incredibly diverse animals: They can climb onto other animals to drink their blood, pluck insects from leaves or hover to drink nectar from tropical flowers, all of which require distinctive wing designs......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

Charcoal stored in preserved guano gives helps reconstruct regional fire histories

With wildfires growing more frequent and more intense in many parts of the world, scientists are looking to the past to better understand where and when fires have burned. Lakes and wetlands, which capture airborne charcoal particles when they fall f.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

New nanocatalyst targets tumors without oxygen

Tumors often contain areas of oxygen-deficient tissue that frequently withstand conventional therapies. This is because the drugs applied in tumors require oxygen to be effective. An international research team has developed a novel mechanism of acti.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

How to ask your manager for a raise or more PTO 

By Amanda Kavanagh Successful salary and PTO negotiations don’t usually happen overnight.  Both asks generally require a longer-term strategy of building your case and presenting … The post How to ask your manager for a raise or more PTO.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  bgrRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Liquid metal polymers show potential for enhanced electronics performance

Effective thermal management is essential to ensuring the performance and lifespan of modern electronics. While polymers are widely used in electronic components, they inherently exhibit poor thermal conductivity, limiting their effectiveness in diss.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Stochastic thermodynamics may be key to understanding energy costs of computation

Two systems exist in thermal equilibrium if no heat passes between them. Computers, which consume energy and give off heat as they process information, operate far from thermal equilibrium. Were they to stop consuming energy—say you let your laptop.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 30th, 2024

Antithrombin study proposes new mechanism of action for the plasma protein"s functional role

Antithrombin, a plasma protein, has been reported to control thrombin activity by directly binding to thrombin, as well as to have an anti-inflammatory effect. However, the actual molecular mechanism of the anti-inflammatory effect of antithrombin wa.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 29th, 2024

Modified metal-organic framework can capture benzene in the atmosphere to tackle a major health risk

Scientists have developed a new material capable of capturing the harmful chemical benzene from the polluted air, offering a potential solution for tackling a major health and environmental risk......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 29th, 2024