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Kikai-akahoya eruption reshaped prehistoric japanese population patterns, study finds

A new international study led by Lund University has examined population-level changes in prehistoric Japan following the Kikai-Akahoya volcanic eruption, which occurred approximately 7,300 years ago....

Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets lost over 11,000 billion tonnes of ice between 1979 and 2023

Between 1979 and 2023, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets together lost 11,309 billion tonnes of ice, contributing 3.14 centimeters to global sea-level rise. These findings are reported in a new s...

Concrete's natural CO₂ absorption offsets less than 10% of cement industry emissions, UCLA study finds

A UCLA-led study published in Communications Sustainability, a Nature Portfolio journal, has found that concrete's natural absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is insufficient in both rate...

CFD modelling shows where bridge scour risk really develops

Computational fluid dynamics modelling is being used to improve bridge scour assessment across the rail network, helping engineers identify where erosion risk is actually developing around bridge foun...

Lund University develops branched nanowire led to reduce light trapping losses

Researchers at Lund University have developed a new type of light-emitting diode based on thin branched nanowires, designed to achieve significantly higher efficiency and lower production costs compar...

Astronomers detect exocomet evidence in young planetary system PDS 70

Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found evidence of exocomets — comets located in other solar systems — orbiting a young star in the planetary system PDS 70. The system is just over five m...

University of Florida researcher develops LLM-based tool to incorporate cyclist perspectives in road design

Xiang Jacob Yan, an assistant professor in the University of Florida's Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering (CCE), is developing a tool aimed at incorporating cyclists' perspectives into road...

Buildings must now learn from the data they produce

Imperial's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Venturous Group and Neuron Digital are exploring how intelligent building technologies can make buildings more efficient, resilient and su...

Bookham Tunnel near miss exposes critical weakness in rail work planning

A passenger train was involved in a near miss with three track workers inside Bookham Tunnel in Surrey, after the team entered a tunnel where no line blockage was actually in place. The incident occur...

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Levee Digital Twin Platform Launches for California's Yuba River Corridor

Researchers at UC Berkeley, funded by Yuba Water, have unveiled the Levee Digital Twin Platform — a comprehensive, interactive monitoring system built for levee inspection and condition assessment alo...

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Levee Digital Twin Platform Launches for California's Yuba River Corridor