A research group has just shown that tardigrades are very vulnerable to long-term high temperature exposures. The tiny animals, in their desiccated state, are best known for their extraordinary tolerance …read more Source:: Science
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Raspberry Pi 4 getting hot? A closer look
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•There are some issues with the operating temperature of the Raspberry Pi 4. Here’s what I’ve found so far. …read more Source:: Linux
Correcting historic sea surface temperature measurements
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•Why did the oceans warm and cool at such different rates in the early 20th century? New research points to an answer both as mundane as a decimal point truncation …read more Source:: Science
When the dinosaurs died, lichens thrived
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•When the asteroid hit, dinosaurs weren’t the only ones that suffered. Clouds of ash blocked the sun and cooled the planet’s temperature, devastating plant life. But fungi, which decompose dead …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers see ‘warm’ glow of Uranus’s rings
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•Two telescopes have measured the faint heat from the main, or epsilon ring, of Uranus, enabling astronomers for the first time to determine its temperature: a cool 77 Kelvin. Earlier …read more Source:: Science
Quantum optical cooling of nanoparticles
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•One important requirement to see quantum effects is to remove all thermal energy from the particle motion, i.e. to cool it as close as possible to absolute zero temperature. Researchers …read more Source:: Science
Scientists develop first fabric to automatically cool or insulate depending on conditions
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•Researchers have engineered a new fabric from synthetic yarn with a carbon nanotube coating that is activated by temperature and humidity, releasing heat in warm humid conditions and trapping heat …read more Source:: Science
Physicists create exotic electron liquid
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•By bombarding an ultrathin semiconductor sandwich with powerful laser pulses, physicists have created the first ‘electron liquid’ at room temperature. The achievement opens a pathway for development of the first …read more Source:: Science
Mutations in this molecule may have helped mammoths tolerate the cold
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•Biomedical researchers have captured close-up views of TRPV3, a skin-cell ion channel that plays important roles in sensing temperature, itch, and pain. …read more Source:: Science
Rise in severity of hottest days outpaces global average temperature increase
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•While our planet’s average annual temperature has increased at a steady pace in recent decades, there has been an alarming jump in the severity of the hottest days of the …read more Source:: Science