Climate change cuts milk production, even when farmers cool their cows
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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 21-Aug-2025 17:11 ET (21-Aug-2025 21:11 GMT/UTC)
A new study finds extreme heat reduces milk production by up to 10 percent and adding cooling technologies only offsets about half of the loss.
An MIT robotic probe quickly measures photoconductivity in new semiconductor materials. By dramatically increasing the speed at which scientists can characterize these materials, this system could spur the development of solar panels that produce more electricity.
Researchers at Hefei University of Technology and Southeast University have comprehensively reviewed the recent advances in arc-linear motors (ALMs). Then, the major merits and demerits of various ALMs are identified and summarized. Finally, Researchers discussed the main issues and core challenges of ALMs, and proposed the perspectives as well to promote a more comprehensive understanding for ALM.
Zeolites have high ion exchange capacity and certain radiation resistance. However, their traditional synthesis methods have problems such as high temperature and pressure and difficult control of morphology. Moreover, powdered zeolites are prone to high pressure drop during dynamic adsorption, which limits their practical engineering applications. Therefore, developing spherical zeolites synthesis technology that combines high mechanical strength, excellent radiation resistance and efficient adsorption performance has become a core challenge in the field of radioactive pollution control.
The research team led by Nobel Laureates May-Britt and Edvard Moser at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is already known for their discovery of the brain’s sense of place. Now they have shown that the brain also weaves a tapestry of time: The brain segments and organizes events into experiences, placing unique bookmarks on them so that our lives don’t become a blurry stream, but rather a series of meaningful moments and memories we can revisit and learn from.
At present, the shift from carbon sink to source in the Amazon rainforest, large-scale mortality of low-latitude coral reefs, and accelerated thawing of permafrost are all leading to the cascading breakthrough of critical tipping points in ecosystems, posing ecological risks that threaten the very foundation of human survival. Science Bulletin has published online the research of Professor Yanfen Wang's team from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, titled "A framework for quantifying state transitions in complex ecosystems using energy flow networks," This study deeply integrates energy flow networks with Nash equilibrium game theory to construct a new analytical framework that can quantitatively analyze the mechanism of ecosystem steady-state transitions, providing a valuable time window for global ecological governance and offering decision-making basis for adaptive ecosystem management.
In a paper published in National Science Review, Professor Yan Shi and his graduate student Shihan Dai from Xidian University, China, proposed a novel multi-target simultaneous intelligent detection approach based on space-time-coding metasurfaces and software defined radio technologies, with experimental validation across diverse liquid samples under complicated ambient conditions.