World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor is set to launch operations in 2025-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Search by tag: #world
The World Health Organization Needs to Put Human Behavior at the Center of Its Initiatives
We can “nudge” our way toward a healthier planet-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Humility Is the First Step toward a Healthier World
It sometimes feels like science can do anything—but our health, like the cosmos, is shaped by forces that can dwarf even our most brilliant advances-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
World Economic Forum has announced the introduction of a Space Sustainability Rating
(University of Texas at Austin) 'The near-Earth space is a global commons and is in dire need of environmental protection and measures of sustainability. The SSR is the first major step in establishing those sustainability metrics' - UT Eng...
Unexpected Source Fuels Rapid Melt at World's Biggest Ice Shelf
A hole in nearby sea ice allows sunlight to warm the ocean water in contact with the ice-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Princeton geoscientists find new fallout from 'the collision that changed the world'
(Princeton University) When India slammed into Asia, the collision changed the configuration of the continents, the landscape, global climate and more. Now a team of Princeton University scientists has identified one more effect: the oxygen in the wo...
The discrete-time physics hiding inside our continuous-time world
(Santa Fe Institute) Physicists at the Santa Fe Institute and MIT have shown that Markov processes, widely used to model complex systems, must unfold over a larger space than previously assumed.
World's fastest hydrogen sensor could pave the way for clean hydrogen energy
(Chalmers University of Technology) Hydrogen is a clean and renewable energy carrier that can power vehicles, with water as the only emission. Unfortunately, hydrogen gas is highly flammable when mixed with air, so very efficient and effective sensor...
Online virtual world training, interactions empowers kids with social learning deficits
(Center for BrainHealth ) After five years of proven success with Charisma(TM) for Youth -- an evidence-based virtual training program to learn and practice social skills in real time with trained clinicians -- the Brain Performance Institute at the...
How the World's First Dengue Vaccination Drive Ended in Disaster
Is a runaway immune reaction making a dengue vaccine dangerous?-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com