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Environment
Two-way water transport ensures reliability and saves money during droughts in the western United States
How a two-way option contract works. Credit: Earth’s Future (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2024EF004434 A study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers solutions to water scarcity during droughts as economic development, population growth and climate uncertainty struggle for water users in western states. It provides: The proposed two-way lease agreement would coordinate agricultural-to-urban leases during…
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Physics
Reverse design approach improves performance and reliability of on-chip spectrometers
(a–c) Example of CSSS using a disordered photonic chip with brute force random selection of structural parameters. (d–g) Spectral reconstructions with four randomly designed spectrometers (S1–S4). Credit: Ang Li et al. In a study published in the journal Engineering, researchers from Nanjing Aerospace University and Zhejiang University pioneer a pioneering approach to on-chip computational spectrometer design that heralds a new…
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