Superconductivity is the phenomenon by which, at sufficiently low temperatures, electric current can flow in a metal with no resistance. While certain metals are excellent superconductors, other metals cannot superconduct at all.
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Advances in plate tectonics research provide a new view of deep Earth’s carbon emissions
From time to time, when Earth’s tectonic plates shift, the planet emits a long, slow belch of carbon dioxide. In a new modeling study published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, R. Dietmar Müller and colleagues show how this gas released from deep Earth may have affected the climate over the past billion years.
Symmetry in biology: A look into how bees actively organize nests in mirroring patterns
Mirroring the mechanisms that make human faces and bodies—and those of many multicellular organisms—symmetrical, bee colonies build symmetrical nests when they are placed on either side of a double-sided comb. The finding, published in Current Biology, extends examples of symmetry in biology to the behavior of communities and the architectural structures that they build.
Neuroimmune communication pathway reveals interactions that may drive endometriosis-associated pain
Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers have discovered a neuroimmune communication pathway that may drive endometriosis-associated pain and lesion growth.
Endometriosis is a debilitating inflammatory disease affecting up to 15% of women and is characterized by the growth of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus. Treatments can currently only target symptoms, with over-the-counter pain medicines and hormonal birth control, or in some cases, surgery.
Endometriosis occurs when cell tissues normally found within the uterus lining take root in areas outside the uterus. This tissue is hormonally sensitive and can become inflamed, especially during menstrual cycles, and can cause severe cramping, pain, and other symptoms depending on the area affected.
Software design and development tools for radiation-hardened embedded computing introduced by BAE Systems
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The approach mitigates risk and enables easy adoption. The RAD510 computer board will launch in industry-standard 3U form factor and use software compatible with the BAE Systems RAD750 and RAD5545 computer boards.
The RAD510 embedded computing board is for the challenging environment of radiation and extreme temperatures of space. It is built on the BAE Systems RAD750 computer board that has enabled more than 100 satellites.
Two companies to help Navy safeguard high-altitude sensitive electronics from electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Navy electronics experts are hiring two companies to develop enabling technologies to safeguard naval systems from the effects of high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (EMP).
Officials of the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific in San Diego, announced estimated $12.5 million separate contracts Wednesday to Long Wave Inc. in Oklahoma City, Okla., and to Reliance Construction Co. in Cary, N.C., for high-altitude EMP hardening processes.