Engineers, atmospheric scientists, psychologists and anthropologists team up to develop better flood predictions and ensure decision-makers can understand them.
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Roberts creates methods to better estimate the radar backscatter from corn fields, which could improve the accuracy of global biomass and soil moisture maps derived from radar observations.
Better forecasting could protect astronauts and instruments from solar eruptions that release damaging, high-energy particles.
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Massive storms have appeared as “Great White Spots” on Saturn every 20 to 30 years since 1876. The impacts of those older storms have lasted in Saturn’s atmosphere for centuries.
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‘Here, we have industry and expertise. Take that and combine it with belief—and magic happens.’
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Cracks in predominant lithium-ion electrodes shorten battery lifespans, but a neuroscience-inspired technique shows that they have an upside.
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‘In undergrad, you sometimes feel like you’re just passing classes. But what we’re doing here is science.’
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The Department of Energy will support research into faster reactor licensing, just energy transitions, and more.
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Interactions between structures at the nanoscale sync up with the way the whole cell contracts and expands during this vital process.
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Flicking lights or swiping wipers could one day add extra security to vehicles.
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