Posts Tagged ‘heat’
Earth’s iron core is not ‘rock solid’
STANFORD (US) — Researchers squeezed iron at pressures as high as 3 million times that felt at sea level to recreate conditions at Earth’s center. The results suggest the core is uneven, grainy, and weak. Continue…
Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:49 - 0 Comments
Earth & Environment - Apr 29, 2013 12:30 - 3 Comments
Global warm-up not seen in last 1,400 years
COLUMBIA (US) — Earth’s climate warmed more between 1971 and 2000 than during any other three-decade interval in the last 1,400 years. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 4, 2013 10:57 - 1 Comment
Heat stroke killing captive baby elephants
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — High temperatures and low rainfall brought on by climate change affect the survival of elephants working in timber camps in Myanmar and double the risk of death to the calves. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 30, 2012 9:51 - 5 Comments
Fried food taste without all the fat
PURDUE (US) — A new cooking method keeps the flavor and consistency of fried food but has up to 50 percent less fat and fewer calories. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 28, 2012 10:33 - 0 Comments
To save energy: take dirt, add heat
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Researchers have developed a new thermoelectric material by using common minerals found pretty much anywhere there’s dirt. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 19, 2012 12:34 - 0 Comments
Rise in temperature may clarify convection
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Physicists are working to learn more about the fundamental physical laws at work in convection, which occurs in a boiling pot of water as well as in the liquid outer core of the Earth. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 18, 2012 11:43 - 0 Comments
‘Straightjacket’ may spell disaster for overheated flies
MONASH U. (AUS) — Many fruit fly species may face extinction in the near future due to an evolutionary “straitjacket” that makes it difficult for them to adapt to rising global temperatures. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 14, 2012 15:14 - 0 Comments
How quickly can glaciers grow (and melt)?
U. BUFFALO (US) — Scientists report that prehistoric glaciers reacted rapidly to a brief cold snap, providing a rare glimpse of glaciers’ response to past climate change. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 14, 2012 10:55 - 0 Comments
Climate ‘sponge’ sucks plants dry in Southwest
U. ARIZONA (US) — Extreme droughts in the American Southwest are causing a water-thirsty atmosphere to pull moisture away from plants, creating increasingly stressful growing conditions, a study shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 3, 2012 10:59 - 0 Comments
Planet-hunting scientists vaporize Earth
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY – ST. LOUIS (US) — Scientists have vaporized Earth—a threat usually reserved for hostile aliens—in the search for super-Earths. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 11, 2012 11:03 - 1 Comment
Electronics keep their cool with graphene
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — A new form of graphene could prevent laptops and other electronics from overheating, one of the largest hurdles to building smaller, more powerful devices. (more…)
