Research News
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Frequency of extreme heat waves on the increase in Africa: could occur annually by 2040
Climate analysis shows that periods of unusually hot weather are on the rise for one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change, even if the increase in global average temperature remains at a modest level.
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The physics of the walking dead: the scientists studying the spread of zombies
Science writer Stephen Ornes talks with the physicists who mixed modelling with science fiction to predict the success of a zombie invasion, available in May’s issue of Physics World magazine, online now!
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Theoretical tiger chases statistical sheep to probe immune system behaviour
Studying the way that solitary hunters such as tigers, bears or sea turtles chase down their prey turns out to be very useful in understanding the interaction between individual white blood cells and colonies of bacteria. Reporting their results in the Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, researchers in Europe have created a numerical model that explores this behaviour in more detail.
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Small-scale fusion the new way forward, according to new scientific paper
Power from nuclear fusion has today been shown as possible on a smaller scale than expected, paving the way for rapid development of a clean, base-load energy source. In a paper published in the journal Nuclear Fusion, Dr Alan Costley, a scientist working for Oxfordshire-based Tokamak Energy shows the point at which more energy is generated than used is only weakly linked to the size of the reactor, contradicting traditional assumptions that have steered worldwide research efforts towards larger devices until now.
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Using statistics to predict rogue waves
Scientists have developed a mathematical model to derive the probability of extreme waves. This model uses multi-point statistics, the joint statistics of multiple points in time or space, to predict how likely extreme waves are. The results, published today, Friday 11 March, in the New Journal of Physics, demonstrate that evolution of these probabilities obey […]
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Clean energy could stress global water resources
Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector could lead to greater pressure on water resources, increasing water use and thermal water pollution.
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We Know How Forests Changed this Month, Thanks to New Satellite Alerts
New methodology allows better resolution forest-tracking satellite data.
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New climate study argues for carbon fee
A new study reports that current rising temperatures already noticeably load the ‘climate dice’, with growing practical impacts. As a bottom line, the lead author, Dr James Hansen, argues that a carbon fee is needed to spur replacement of carbon fuels with clean energy. The findings are reported today, 2nd March 2016, in the journal […]
