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A New Satellite Material Comes Out of the Woodwork

by Grace van Deelen 7 July 20257 July 2025

With lessons learned from their first attempt, Kyoto University scientists hope a second CubeSat made of magnolia will spark an age of wooden spacecraft.

Comparative images of real and generated rock thin sections.
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Rock Solid Augmentation: AI-Driven Digital Rock Analysis

by Stefan Kollet 21 May 202521 May 2025

Boosting digital rock images with AI-powered augmentation and quality analysis could improve subsurface engineering decisions.

Brown, dying stalks of corn are seen against a blue sky.
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Can Desalination Quench Agriculture’s Thirst?

by Lela Nargi 15 May 202515 May 2025

Miles away from the ocean, projects are afoot to clean up salty groundwater and use it to grow crops. Some say it’s a costly pipe dream, others say it’s part of the future.

Microscopic image of the mineral pyrrhotite
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Home Foundations Are Crumbling. This Mineral Is to Blame.

by Benjamin Cassidy 7 January 20257 January 2025

Pyrrhotite causes cracks in concrete. But research on how widespread the issue might be has only scratched the surface.

Un científico en un traje plateado inserta un tubo largo de metal en la lava incandescente naranja y en la roca gris obscuro.
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¿Qué tan líquida es esa lava?

by Rebecca Owen 19 August 202419 August 2024

Un nuevo dispositivo ayuda a los científicos a medir la viscosidad de la lava durante los derrames activos.

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Thanh Huong “Helen” Nguyen: Chasing Down Pathogens

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 25 July 202425 July 2024

An environmental engineer addresses some of public health’s biggest problems.

Two people install a permeable reactive barrier next to open water.
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Reactive Barriers Could Keep Nitrate out of the Atlantic

by Alix Soliman 15 July 202415 July 2024

Microbes in mulch scrub nitrate from groundwater before it flows to the sea.

A scientist in a silver suit inserts a long metal tube into glowing orange lava and dark gray rock.
Posted inNews

How Liquid Is That Lava?

by Rebecca Owen 12 July 202419 August 2024

A new device helps scientists measure lava viscosity during active flows.

An aerial view of water being released down the spillway of the Coyote Valley Dam, with a large earthen berm in the background
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Weather and Watershed Forecasting Make for Dam Smart Water Use

by Nicole Choi 13 December 202330 January 2024

Using weather forecasts in reservoir management improves decisions about water supplies. Now researchers are studying the hydrology around reservoirs to help apply this strategy nationwide.

Foto de una casa que es más baja por un lado que por otro. La casa está cubierta de graffitis.
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La extracción de agua subterránea está causando el hundimiento de la CDMX

by Humberto Basilio 12 December 202314 December 2023

Investigadores aseguran que saber cuánta agua está siendo extraída es crucial para resolver la crisis de infraestructura y de abastecimiento de agua en la capital.

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