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The Endurance rocket ship launches from Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

Ambipolar electric field helps shape Earth’s ionosphere

An upside-down sea ice slab showcasing brine channels that facilitate the drainage of liquid brine and support convection along the interface

Convection enhances heat transport in sea ice

New mathematical framework could allow for more accurate climate models

Rheo-electric measurements to predict battery performance from slurry processing

Join the audience for a live webinar on 6 November 2024 sponsored by TA Instruments – Waters in partnership with The Electrochemical Society

Research headlines

The proposed nanoparticle warming method for Mars

To make Mars warmer, just add nanorods

Releasing engineered nanoparticles into the Martian atmosphere could warm the planet by over 30 K

Shadowgraph of an oil drop sliding down two fibres

Twisted fibres capture more water from fog

New finding could allow more fresh water to be harvested from the air

Metamaterial gives induction heating a boost for industrial processing

Technology could help heavy industry transition from fossil fuels

Solar-driven atmospheric water extraction

Solar-driven atmospheric water extractor provides continuous freshwater output

Standalone device harvests water out of air without requiring maintenance, solely using sunlight

Photo of the sun shining amid white clouds in a blue sky

Shifting day-night cloud patterns may be making climate change worse

Asymmetric effects of surface warming on cloud cover may amplify it, say researchers

Investigating deep water upwelling aboard a research vessel

Fluorescent dye helps reveal the secrets of ocean circulation

For the first time, researchers have directly measured the upwelling of cold, deep water towards the ocean surface

Podcasts about environmental physics

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Looking to the future of statistical physics, how intense storms can affect your cup of tea

Baltimore bridge collapse: engineers explain how failures can be avoided

Environmental sustainability: exploring the challenges for the medical physics community

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Opinion and reviews

Had a leak from your science facility? Here’s how to deal with the problem

Why NASA thinks you should forget about space-based solar power

James McKenzie thinks a new NASA report marks the end of the road for space-based solar power

Green challenge: can the shipping industry clean up its act?

James McKenzie reports on the launch of new ships that will help the world to cut greenhouse-gas emissions

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A comprehensive method for assembly and design optimization of single-layer pouch cells

Join the audience for a live webinar on 23 October 2024 sponsored by BioLogic, EL-Cell and TA Instruments - Waters, in partnership with The Electrochemical Society

Ask me anything: Andrew Weld: ‘You’re probably going to be working for over 40 years, so make sure you enjoy what you do’

Andrew Weld is the head of research and development at QLM technologies

Image of a tornado and dark clouds against a bright horizon

Why North America has a ‘tornado alley’ and South America doesn’t

There’s a scientific reason why Twisters is set in the US Great Plains rather than Argentina, and it has to do with the Gulf of Mexico

Starlink satellites photographed over Carson National Forest

Satellites burning up in the atmosphere may deplete Earth’s ozone layer

Pollution from decommissioned satellites re-entering the atmosphere poses a risk to the Earth’s protective ozone layer

Battery boss: physicist Martin Freer will run UK’s Faraday Institution

Freer will take up the role on 2 September replacing Pam Thomas as chief executive officer

Waffle-shaped solar evaporator delivers durable desalination

A novel solar distiller design prevents salt crystallization to provide cost-effective and durable water purification

Hawaiian volcano erupted ‘like a stomp rocket’

Events at Kilauea in 2018 may have been triggered by a previously undescribed mechanism

Photo of a starling in flight with its unfurled wings catching the light against a black background

Birds save up to 25% of their energy when they follow a leader

Study on starlings is the first to measure birds’ energy use directly rather than inferring it from other measurements

The route to ‘net zero’: how the manufacturing industry can help

Research teams at Cranfield University in the UK are developing novel materials and processes in the quest for greener, more sustainable manufacturing

Tech phoenix: how electric-vehicle manufacturer Nikola Corporation is rising from the ashes

James McKenzie reveals the lessons we can learn from vehicle manufacturer Nikola Corporations after the fall from grace of its CEO

Photo of a grey rock containing white ripples

Early Earth’s magnetic field strength was similar to today’s

Relatively strong field may have protected life forms 3.7 billion years ago

Artist's rendition of the Ediacaran period showing a shallow ocean containing large but still cell-like organisms, under skies bright with aurorae

Ancient lull in Earth’s magnetic field may have allowed large animals to evolve

Period of ultra-weak field nearly 600 million years ago could have contributed to increase in oxygen levels that favoured complex life

Sucking up crude oil with laser-treated cork

Cork treated with femtosecond laser processing could be used to clean up large-scale marine oil spills

Astronomy conference travel is on par with Africa’s per-capita carbon footprint

Travel to astronomy meetings in 2019 resulted in the emission of 42,500 tonnes of emissions

Degradation of commercial lithium-ion cells beyond 80% capacity

Available to watch now, The Electrochemical Society discusses the seven-year cycling study of commercial Li-ion cells

Why we still need a CERN for climate change

Tim Palmer says that we must pool our resources to produce high-resolution climate models that societies can use, before it is too late

Climate change will affect how time is corrected using ‘negative leap seconds’

Melting of polar ice is accelerating our planet’s angular velocity

Frugal approach to computer modelling can reduce carbon emissions

Simulations should be designed to minimize energy consumption, say physicists

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