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Environmental: Wildfires
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Western wildfires destroying more homes per square mile burned - Western Wildfires: A Growing Threat to Homes and Communities      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Between 2010 and 2020, human ignitions started 76% of the Western wildfires that destroyed structure...

Space: Exploration Space: The Solar System
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Harvesting resources on Mars with plasmas - Harvesting Resources on Mars with Plasmas      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers have devised a plasma-based way to produce and separate oxygen within the Martian enviro...

Computer Science: Encryption
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Compact quantum computer for server centers - Compact Quantum Computer for Server Centers: The Future of Computing      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Quantum computers have been one-of-a-kind devices that fill entire laboratories. Now, physicists hav...

Space: The Solar System
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A curious cold layer in the atmosphere of Venus - A Curious Cold Layer in the Atmosphere of Venus      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Venus Express has spied a surprisingly cold region high in the planet's atmosphere that may be frigi...

Geoscience: Severe Weather
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Decade-long Amazon rainforest burn yields new insight into wildfires - Decade-long Amazon Rainforest Burn Yields New Insight into Wildfires      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The longest and largest controlled burn experiment ever conducted in the Amazon rainforest has yield...

Geoscience: Geomagnetic Storms
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Making connections: Bringing astrophysical processes down to Earth - Making Connections: Bringing Astrophysical Processes Down to Earth      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Magnetic reconnection, a process in which magnetic field lines tear and come back together, releasin...

Physics: Acoustics and Ultrasound Physics: General
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Actively reducing noise by ionizing air - Actively Reducing Noise by Ionizing Air      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Scientists show that a thin layer of plasma, created by ionizing air, could be promising as an activ...

Space: The Solar System
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As Voyager 1 nears edge of solar system, scientists look back - As Voyager 1 Nears Edge of Solar System, Scientists Look Back      (via sciencedaily.com) 

In 1977, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as president, Elvis died, Virginia park ranger Roy Sullivan was h...

Space: The Solar System
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Trace gas phosphine points to volcanic activity on Venus, scientists say - Trace Gas Phosphine Points to Volcanic Activity on Venus, Scientists Say      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Last autumn, researchers reported finding the gas phosphine in trace amounts in Venus' upper atmosph...

Paleontology: Dinosaurs
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Soil erosion and wildfire another nail in coffin for Triassic era - Soil Erosion and Wildfire: Another Nail in the Coffin for Triassic Era      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research has revealed that soil erosion and wildfires contributed to a mass extinction event 201...