Planning for the day America exhausts its supply of phosphorus
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A U of A study maps recoverable phosphorus in U.S. soil, manure and agricultural waste and charts a path toward supply resilience before domestic reserves are exhausted.
Concordia researchers found that small wearable fans aimed at the face and neck can provide nearly the same thermal comfort as desk fans while using less energy and avoiding drafts for coworkers. Tested in a simulated office, the devices could offer a practical way to reduce air-conditioning demand, particularly in large workplaces with relatively few people present.
Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have designed new quantum computing architecture that uses magnetic levitation to smooth over design flaws in the intricate bits necessary to run a quantum computer.
Dense evergreen forests in Canada’s snow-covered boreal regions can absorb enough sunlight to offset 6 to 20 percent of their reported carbon benefit, according to a new publication by the UN University. Researchers warn that Canada’s carbon accounting largely overlooks this warming effect, potentially overstating the climate value of reforestation and carbon credits. They call for a new Net Cooling Standard that accounts for surface reflectivity, wildfire risk and long-term carbon storage, while prioritizing mixed-species forests that deliver more durable climate cooling.
Radome materials for hypersonic vehicles must simultaneously satisfy stringent performance requirements, including low dielectric constant, low dielectric loss, high mechanical strength, and excellent high-temperature resistance. However, achieving synergistic optimization between wave-transparent performance and load-bearing capacity has long remained a central challenge in material design. Research group from Sun Yat-sen University innovatively constructed three composite systems, namely Si3N4f/BN, Si3N4f/SiO2, and Si3N4f/SiO2–BN, and systematically elucidated the cross-scale mechanism by which material composition modulates the mechanical and dielectric properties of composites through tailoring interfacial bonding and thermal mismatch stress. This work provides important theoretical guidance and experimental support for the design optimization and interfacial engineering of high-temperature wave-transparent materials for hypersonic vehicle applications.