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Feb 12 2025WEATHER

Chilly Wednesday Night Brings Winter Mix to New England

Wednesday night is shaping up to be a cold one across New England. A new storm system is moving in, following a cold front that brought light snow to the south coast overnight. Temperatures will dip a few degrees below average, with highs hovering near freezing throughout the day. This winter has be

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Feb 12 2025WEATHER

Stormy Days Ahead for South Carolina: What to Expect

South Carolina is bracing for a couple of wet and windy days. Meteorologists have flagged the next two days as significant weather days due to anticipated showers, thunderstorms, and gusty winds. The weather is expected to be cold and cloudy, with temperatures barely reaching the 40s. This chillines

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Feb 11 2025WEATHER

Snow Coming and Going This Week

Imagine needing an umbrella one moment and a shovel the next. That's the weather we're expected. Denver and the eastern side of I-25 are brace for more snow than our western neighbors. First, let's talk timing. The snow starts rolling free tonight and continues until Wednesday evening

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Feb 11 2025SCIENCE

Green Glow: Biomass Macrocycles and Phosphorescence

Scientists are on a roll to make sustainable, high-performance materials. They are working on materials that can emit light for a long time even at room temperature. These are called organic ultralong room temperature phosphorescence, or OURTP, but that's a mouthful. So let's call it "glow in the d

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Feb 11 2025WEATHER

Chilly Turnaround: Carolinas Brace for a Big Temperature Drop

A Saturday of warmth and sunshine was experienced mostly in the day preceding Sunday. First thing in the list of unexpected weather highlights were pleasant temperatures not seen otherwise in the rest of the year reaching 80 degrees before a massive cold front rolled in. This breaks an old record fo

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Feb 11 2025SCIENCE

The Secret Life of Baby Sturgeons: How Warmth Shapes Their Behavior

Baby white sturgeons, known as larvae, are facing new challenges in a warming world, and recent studies have shown that the temperature while they're developing can change how they act later in life. These sturgeons live in big rivers and estuaries along the Pacific coast of North America, and

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Feb 10 2025SCIENCE

Flies in Flux: How Wiggly Temps Affect Mediterranean Fruit Fly Survival

Imagine trying to raise a bunch of flies indoors. Seems weird, right? Well, scientists have been doing it for years to study pests and create better bug control methods. Normally, they keep the temperature steady, thinking it's best for the bugs. But hold up! The real world isn't like that. So, they

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Feb 10 2025SCIENCE

Unraveling the Mystery of Mixed Ferroelectrics

Have you ever wondered what happens when strange electric dipoles start to behave differently in mixed ferroelectrics? Imagine a bunch of these tiny electric dipoles spread out randomly across a material. Each one is like a tiny magnet but with electric fields instead of magnetic fields. Scientists

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Feb 08 2025WEATHER

Metro Detroit's Weekend Weather: A Brief Guide

Let's dive into some weather details. The sunny skies of today will take a backseat as clouds roll in. This will happen by the time you wake up early Saturday. While the weather might not be a complete shut down, it will take a turn for the chilly and damp. This is because a low-pressure system is o

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Feb 08 2025WEATHER

Winter's Mix: What to Expect Today

You can prepare yourself for a day of mixed precipitation. Yesterday, a cold snap set temperatures to the low teens. This morning, skies are covered, and snow is heading coastward. It might already be falling where you are. In the Boston area, expect flakes to begin between 9 a

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