As wildfires continue to rage across the Los Angeles area, their toll on lives, homes, and natural landscapes is undeniable.
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Smoke Streams from Palisades and Eaton Fires
Destructive fires, fueled by a dry landscape and powerful Santa Ana winds, burned in the Los Angeles area in January 2025.
Atop the Oregon Cascades, UO Team Finds a Huge Buried Aquifer
Oregon’s Cascade Range mountains might not hold gold, but they store another precious resource in abundance: water.
Sodium-Ion Batteries Need Breakthroughs to Compete
A thorough analysis of market and supply chain outcomes for sodium-ion batteries and their lithium-ion competitors is the first by STEER, a new Stanford and SLAC energy technology analysis program.
Designing Tiny Filters to Solve Big Problems
For many industrial processes, the typical way to separate gases, liquids, or ions is with heat, using slight differences in boiling points to purify mixtures.
Wind Turbines Impair the Access of Bats to Water Bodies in Agricultural Landscapes
Bats depend on open bodies of water such as small ponds and lakes for foraging and drinking.