The further north you live, in the U.S., the harder it gets to grow fruit trees. But cultivars of this tasty option are quite ...

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Wind turbines are incredible pieces of technology, able to harvest wind energy and deliver it to the power grid without carbon emissions. Their constant development since the first one came online in ...

For all the planning that goes into building a data center, a surprising number of the world's facilities go up in adverse ...

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When considering traditional brick facades, we usually conjure up images of solidity and robustness. Solid ceramic blocks, recognized for their ability to withstand compression and offer strength and ...

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Primates—the group of animals that includes monkeys, apes and humans—first evolved in cold, seasonal climates around 66 million years ago, not in the warm tropical forests scientists previously ...

Figure 1: Emergence of climate change in idealized, geographical and population-weighted contexts. Figure 1d highlights that the rate of emergence is faster for human populations than for surface area ...

For the last few years, much of the focus on cold climate heat pump (CCHP) technology has centered on air-source ducted systems, which are designed to deliver efficient, comfortable heating, even in ...