In the plasma of a fusion device, a strong ion temperature gradient slows the growth of magnetic islands
Future fusion power plants will require good plasma confinement to sustain reactions and generate energy. One way to contain plasma ...
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“Islands” of regularity discovered in the famous chaotic three-body problem
When three massive objects meet in space, they influence each other's gravity in unpredictable ways. In a word: chaos. This ...
Underwater caves provide clues that could explain the early expansion of Homo sapiens into Mediterranean islands
Archaeological studies by scientists at Washington University in St. Louis suggest that coastal and underwater cave sites in southern Sicily ...
New database covers distribution and evolutionary history of megadiverse flowering plant family on isolated islands
The Asteraceae, a family of flowering plants, is the most diverse group of flowering plants in the world. This plant ...
Greece imposes tax on visitors to two islands to curb tourist surge | Economy
Greece plans to impose a special 20-euro tax on cruise ship visitors to the popular islands of Santorini and Mykonos ...
Islands are drivers of linguistic diversity, study finds
Islands drive linguistic change and linguistic diversity in the same way they drive species diversity, according to a study from ...
China tests its military capacity to “take power” in Taiwan and threatens the island’s separatists
China said Friday that ongoing drills encircling Taiwan were aimed at testing its military capacity to "seize power" in the ...
Rapid climate change could cause Greenland’s bedrock to rise, forming small islands
While much of the world struggles with sea level rise due to the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, the ...
Urban heat islands have health costs, study reveals
A new study led by EPFL has produced the first estimate of the cost of the impact of urban heat ...
Titan’s ‘magic islands’ are likely honeycombed hydrocarbon icebergs, study finds
Titan's "magic islands" are likely floating chunks of porous, frozen organic solids, a new study suggests, departing from previous work ...
