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Category Archives: Physics Today
Not Like the Others
NASA’s Dawn mission to Ceres has provided an unexpected picture of asteroid formation. Continue reading
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Beyond 911: Medical Applications of Mobile Phones
Researchers and entrepreneurs discuss developments in the role of mobile phones for medical imaging and monitoring. Continue reading
A Dry State in the West
What is causing California’s worst-ever drought? Continue reading
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New and Old Ideas about Earth’s Oxygenation History
Multiple approaches are being brought to bear on the question of when and how our planet’s atmosphere acquired life-sustaining oxygen. Continue reading
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Vertical Farms
Feeding the world’s increasingly urban population could entail building multistory farms in cities. Continue reading
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Greener Ways to Raise Revenue
Northwest states lead the US in evaluating the feasibility of a carbon tax. Continue reading
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Trapping and Keeping Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Underground carbon sequestration could mitigate global warming. Its effectiveness is being studied in the field and in the lab. Continue reading
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Deepwater Horizon, Three Years Later
BP-funded research aims to understand and mitigate impacts of hydrocarbon pollution in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere. Continue reading
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Tagged Down to Earth, Earth Sciences, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Physics Today
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Surf Forecastin’ USA
A California-based company unites surfers with oceanographers to help people know when it’s safe to surf. Continue reading
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Growth, but No Seismicity
Despite appearances, the Turkish-Iranian plateau did not attain its current height by seismic faulting—at least according to a new theory. Continue reading
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