Food shocks increase as world warms
Heat extremes harm harvests. So do floods, drought and high winds. Climate change spurs food shocks that threaten the supper table
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Trees dying younger in Canada too
Fastest-growing trees in boreal forest show biggest decline in lifetime
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Dual detector combines nuclear and fluoroscopic imaging
Hybrid anatomy--activity images can be acquired in real-time, allowing more efficient and effective interventions
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Quantum thermometer could probe Bose–Einstein condensates without destroying them
Proposed technique could boost quantum simulations
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How sustainable are bioplastics?
Greenhouse emissions from forest clearance to grow feedstock could mean 20-year carbon payback time
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Laser fusion output is tripled by new computer algorithm
Statistical approach learns from previous experiments
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US research agencies prepare for new government shutdown
National Science Foundation says it is working on ways to keep research facilities open if another shutdown hits on 15 February
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AI can assist in triaging abnormal chest X-rays
An artificial intelligence system can accurately identify chest X-rays that contain abnormal findings, with clinically acceptable performance
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Increased lightning hazard ‘almost guarantee’
Climate change, urbanization and rising population likely to intensify human exposure to lightning
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Coffee harvests face risk from rising heat
Global coffee harvests, which provide the drink of choice for millions and the livelihoods of many more, are in peril, not least from rising temperatures
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