- Powered by
- WordPress
-
Can AI Model a Storm It Has Never Seen?
MIT researchers combine rainfall statistics and maps to generate plausible extreme storms. The approach is a stress-testing tool, not a weather forecast.
-
What Are England and Wales’ New Restriction Zones for Offenders—and How Will They Work?
From October 2026, some serious offenders on licence may be confined to tightly drawn areas using GPS monitoring. Here is what the government has announced.
-
How Much Carbon Does US Coastal Erosion Move Each Year? NASA Study Maps the Flow
Satellite and elevation data suggest US Atlantic and Gulf Coast marsh erosion moves 660,000 tonnes of carbon into the ocean annually, with a large net loss.
-
Could Geothermal Roads Prevent Potholes? Inside Surrey’s Underground Heat Trial
A University of Surrey trial is testing whether heat-exchange pipes beneath asphalt can reduce winter ice and freeze-thaw damage while storing summer heat.
-
How Can a Ceramic Retune an Antenna? The 8% Calcium Breakthrough
A lead-free ceramic altered with 8% calcium could help antennas and microwave devices change frequency without bulky mechanical components.
-
Can AI Grade University Essays Accurately? New Study Finds Marks Drift Toward the Middle
A Cardiff-led study found ChatGPT could not reliably reproduce human essay marks—and tended to pull both strong and weak work toward the middle.
-
Does Remote Work Make People Work While Sick? Why Presenteeism Is Changing
New research argues that remote and hybrid work have created new forms of presenteeism—from full sick-day schedules at home to checking only urgent messages.
-
How Does GRETA See Inside Atomic Nuclei? The World’s Most Advanced Gamma-Ray Detector Starts Science
GRETA—the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array—uses a shell of high-purity germanium detectors to reconstruct gamma rays emitted by unstable atomic nuclei. After completing commissioning at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams in Michigan, the $58 million instrument has begun its first scientific experiments. The opening experiment is led by nuclear physicists from the University of Surrey.…
-
Can Dust and Water Survive Near the Milky Way’s Black Hole? Webb Finds They Can
Yes. New James Webb Space Telescope observations show that silicate dust and water can form or survive in the envelope of an ageing star only about 0.55 light-years from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. The finding comes from a detailed infrared study of IRS 3, one of…
-
What Is the Doves Type? The Printing Letters Recovered from the Thames Are Being Used Again
The Doves Type is a celebrated metal typeface created for the Doves Press in London around 1900. Its co-creator, Thomas Cobden-Sanderson, later threw the type into the River Thames to stop his former business partner from inheriting it. After more than a century underwater, recovered pieces have now been used to print a book again.…