Mapping Ignorance

Author: Melissa Lee, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics, Monash University Some weeks ago, artificial intelligence company OpenAI announced ten advances in mathematics and computer science made with their as-yet unreleased model Astra. The discoveries

How much ice is stored in the world's glaciers? And where exactly is it located? A new study led by Ca' Foscari University of Venice, in collaboration with the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISP), provides an up

Authors: Kai Riemer, Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney and Sandra Peter, Director of Sydney Executive Plus, Business School, University of Sydney Foto de Luke Jones en Unsplash "We are now, like, in the singularity

Permafrost in the Arctic stores large quantities of organic carbon. When the frozen ground thaws or coastal sections erode, this carbon can enter the sea, where microorganisms can break it down and convert it into climate-damaging greenhouse gases. Source

One of the most striking discoveries in condensed matter physics over the past few years is that simply rotating one atomically thin crystal on top of an identical layer can create entirely new electronic behavior. This idea became famous in 2018, when ph

Authors: María-Luisa Chas-Amil, Catedrática de Economía Aplicada, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and Julia María Touza, Professor of Environmental Economics, University of York The village of Bédar, in the Almería province of Andalusia, after the

Many of today's electronic devices - from the semiconductors in your cell phone to the photovoltaic cells in your solar panels - are built on thin-film substrates. The thin film is an electronically conductive material while the substrate is an inert mate

Author: Marta Sánchez López, Postdoctoral researcher at Research Centre for Basque Language and Texts (CNRS-IKER) - Université Bordeaux Montaigne. She also collaborates with the The Bilingual Mind Research Group (Gogo Elebiduna), University of the Basque

Turning low-energy light into higher-energy light seems to break the usual rules of physics, since energy is supposed to run downhill, not uphill. Yet a process called photon upconversion achieves exactly this, without breaking any laws of thermodynamics.

Author: Subir Sarkar, Emeritus Professor, Department of Physics, University of Oxford Type Ia supernova Gaia14aaa was observed in a galaxy 500 million light-years away. Artist's impression: ESA/ATG medialab/C. Carreau According to our best understanding,