World models are the building blocks to the next era of physical AI -- and a future in which AI is more firmly rooted in our reality.

Earth system box models are essential tools for reconstructing long-term climatic and environmental evolution and uncovering ...

Reforesting areas of the world comes with major benefits, but adding billions of trees can come with unintended consequences. A new study details how China’s massive regreening effort has altered the ...

The global water cycle has become “increasingly erratic and extreme” with wild swings between droughts and floods, spelling big trouble for economies and societies, according to a report published ...

How do we think, feel, remember, or move? It all depends on transmission of chemical signals in the brain, carried and released by molecular containers called vesicles. In a new study, researchers ...

Technology evolves in predictable life cycle stages, from early experimentation to mass adoption and, eventually, decline. Companies that successfully navigate this cycle know when to scale, when to ...

Streamflow is an integral part of the hydrological cycle that is used for water resource planning and flood or drought forecasting, flood damage, and water-related risks evaluation. These aspects ...

Prolonged droughts, wildfires and water shortages. Torrential downpours that overwhelm dams and cause catastrophic flooding. Around the globe, rising temperatures stoked by climate change are ...

For noise, a panel of judges listens to an entire dishwasher cycle to identify “any annoying noises,” as Larry Ciufo, who ...

NASA launched a lunar orbiter Wednesday night that will trace the Moon's elusive water cycle. Lunar Trailblazer, a collaboration between NASA, Northern Arizona University, and Lockheed Martin Space, ...

Université Paris Cité provides funding as a member of The Conversation FR. When Earth first formed, it was too hot to retain ice. This means all the water on our planet must have originated from ...