Illustration of a polaron in a crystal: the central bright sphere is the charge carrier, distorting the surrounding lattice. The wavy lines represent high-order Feynman diagrams for the electron–phonon interaction,…
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Modeling shows geothermal and borehole thermal energy storage can reliably heat buildings in extreme cold
Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, in winter. Credit: Molly Rettig, NREL New energy storage research from NREL, a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory, has demonstrated a way to store and reuse…
Trump names Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as interim NASA administrator
NASA is under new management after an announcement from President Trump late Wednesday evening named current Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy as the agency’s interim administrator. The announcement, posted on…
Pacific islands push back against growing climate threats
The Cook Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia are separated by around 6,000 kilometres of Pacific Ocean. Despite the vast stretch of water between them, the two small island…
Trees can’t get up and walk away, but forests can
An army of treelike creatures called Ents marches to war in the second The Lord of the Rings movie, The Two Towers, walking for miles through dark forests. Once they…
Can chatbots really improve mental health?
Recently, I found myself pouring my heart out, not to a human, but to a chatbot named Wysa on my phone. It nodded – virtually – asked me how I…
How weather changes cause migraines – a neurologist explains the triggers and what you can do to ease the pain
“Is it just me, or is there a storm coming?” If you are one of the 39 million Americans in the U.S. living with migraines, there’s a good chance an…
Ji Chen – Functional Ecologists
In this blog post, we hear from Senior Editor Ji Chen, Professor at the Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences! Ji’s research focuses on uncovering the mechanisms that…
Over 90% of X’s Community Notes unpublished, study says
Tech platforms are increasingly embracing a community-driven model of content moderations. More than 90 percent of X’s Community Notes—a crowd-sourced verification system popularized by Elon Musk’s platform—are never published, a…
