How a single 2003 heat wave triggered lasting upheaval in the North Atlantic

The ecology of the North Atlantic is constantly changing. Sometimes it changes abruptly. Extreme events are one driver of ...
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I melted wood with friction

A hands-on experiment shows how intense friction can generate enough heat to char and soften wood, breaking down the physics ...
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F.D. Flam: Experimenting on dogs is getting harder to defend

Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon — a change that’s based as much on science as ethics. Pressure is coming from within the scientific community as well as from activists, ...
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Scientists find an exception to a centuries-old heat law

For two centuries, engineers have trusted a simple rule to predict how heat flows through solids, from jet-engine blades to smartphone chips. Now a set of carefully designed experiments has revealed a ...
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Isotope Effect in D 2 O Negative Ion Formation in Electron Transfer Experiments: DO–D Bond Dissociation Energy

Atomic and Molecular Collisions Laboratory, CEFITEC, Department of Physics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal ...