Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab researchers (from left to right) Georgia Van de Zande, Carolyn Sheline, and Fiona Grant pilot a low-cost precision irrigation controller that optimizes system energy…
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Chaotic jumble of merging spiral galaxies hints at possible fate of Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies
Gemini South, one half of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, captures the billion-year-old aftermath of a double spiral galaxy collision. At the heart of this chaotic interaction,…
Childhood trauma linked to headaches in adulthood
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People who have experienced traumatic events in childhood such as abuse, neglect or household dysfunction may be more likely to experience headache disorders as adults, according…
As photovoltaic market evolved in the last year, prices went up, prices went down
The inflation-adjusted cost benchmark rose in 2023 for utility-scale PV systems but fell for residential PV systems owing to recent trends in network upgrade costs, Inflation Reduction Act manufacturing tax…
Response to water stress and associations with plant functional traits – Functional Ecologists
In this new post, PhD candidate at University of Sun Yat-sen University, Chaoqing Song, presents his work ‘Differential tree demography mediated by water stress and functional traits in a moist…
Pumping cold water into rivers could act as ‘air conditioning’ for fish
PITTSBURGH — Salmon may now have their own version of human air conditioning. This past summer, hundreds of fish in the Wrights River in Nova Scotia, Canada, found reprieve…
Medical exceptions to abortion bans often exclude mental health conditions
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than a dozen states now have near-total abortion bans following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, with limited medical exceptions meant to protect the patient’s…
Your smart watch can assist if you fall
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Last week I wrote about setting up Amazon Echo devices to enable making phone calls with your voice, which could be helpful in an emergency. I…
NASA’s SpaceX CRS-29 Flies Research to Space Station
The 29th SpaceX commercial resupply services (CRS) mission for NASA carries scientific experiments and technology demonstrations, including studies of enhanced optical communications and measurement of atmospheric waves. The uncrewed SpaceX…
