Thermokarst
Thermokarst is the process and landscape pattern that develops when ice-rich permafrost thaws, causing the ground to collapse, slump, pond, or form irregular terrain.
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Active matter
Active matter is matter made of units that consume energy locally and turn it into motion, force, shape change, or organized collective behavior.
Phase-change material
A phase-change material stores and releases heat as it changes phase, allowing thermal energy to be absorbed or delivered near a chosen temperature.
mRNA vaccine
An mRNA vaccine uses messenger RNA instructions to help cells briefly make a target protein or protein fragment, training the immune system to recognize a pathogen or disease target.
Digital twin
A digital twin is a data-driven virtual representation of a real-world entity, process, or system that is synchronized with its counterpart to support monitoring, simulation, prediction, and decisions.
Zero trust architecture
Zero trust architecture is a cybersecurity approach that treats every access request as something to evaluate, authorize, and monitor instead of assuming a trusted internal network.
Fog computing
Fog computing is a distributed architecture that places compute, storage, networking, and control functions between smart devices and centralized cloud systems.
Thermal runaway
Thermal runaway is a dangerous self-heating failure process in which heat generation exceeds heat removal, potentially causing venting, smoke, fire, or explosion.
Combined heat and power
Combined heat and power, or CHP, generates electricity and captures useful heat from the same fuel or energy source instead of wasting that heat.
Building insulation
Building insulation slows heat flow through walls, roofs, floors, and foundations, helping buildings stay more comfortable while reducing heating and cooling demand.
Rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting collects and stores rainfall, usually from roofs, so it can be reused for gardens, landscaping, cleaning, toilet flushing, or other approved purposes.
Cool Roofs
Cool roofs are roof systems designed to reflect more sunlight and release absorbed heat more effectively than conventional dark roofs. They can lower roof temperatures, reduce cooling demand, improve indoor comfort in some buildings, and help cities manage heat-island effects.
Waste Heat Recovery
Waste heat recovery captures heat that would otherwise leave a process through exhaust, cooling water, hot surfaces, or warm products, then reuses it for heating, steam, electricity, preheating, district energy, or other useful work.
Wildlife Corridors
Wildlife corridors are landscape or waterway connections that let animals, plants, and ecological processes move between habitat areas. They can reduce the effects of fragmentation, support migration and gene flow, and help species reach food, mates, shelter, and suitable climate conditions.
Cryosphere
The cryosphere is the frozen part of Earth: snow, sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets, ice shelves, frozen lakes and rivers, permafrost, and seasonally frozen ground. It stores freshwater, reflects sunlight, shapes ecosystems, influences sea level, and responds quickly to climate change.
Environmental DNA
Environmental DNA, or eDNA, is genetic material collected from water, soil, sediment, snow, air, or other surroundings rather than directly from an organism. It helps scientists detect species, monitor ecosystems, find invasive organisms, and study biodiversity with less disturbance than many traditional survey methods.
Soundscape Ecology
Soundscape ecology studies the full pattern of sounds in a place, including animal calls, wind and water, and human-made noise. By listening over time, researchers can track biodiversity, habitat change, seasonal rhythms, human disturbance, and the acoustic character of landscapes and seascapes.
Blue Economy
The blue economy is the use of ocean and coastal resources for livelihoods, jobs, food, transport, energy, tourism, and innovation while keeping marine ecosystems healthy enough to support those benefits over time.
Prescribed Fire
Prescribed fire is the planned use of fire under specific weather, fuel, staffing, and safety conditions. It can reduce hazardous fuels, restore fire-adapted ecosystems, support cultural land stewardship, and lower some wildfire risks, but it also requires careful planning because smoke, escapes, and public safety remain real concerns.
Darmstadtium
Darmstadtium is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Ds and atomic number 110. It is a superheavy, radioactive element in Group 10 of the periodic table, known from tiny numbers of atoms made in accelerator experiments.
Roentgenium
Roentgenium is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Rg and atomic number 111. It is a superheavy, radioactive element in Group 11 of the periodic table, known from tiny numbers of atoms made in accelerator experiments.
Copernicium
Copernicium is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Cn and atomic number 112. It is a superheavy, radioactive element in Group 12 of the periodic table, known from tiny numbers of atoms made in accelerator experiments.
Livermorium
Livermorium is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Lv and atomic number 116. It is a superheavy, radioactive element in Group 16 of the periodic table, known from tiny numbers of atoms made in nuclear-fusion experiments.
Flerovium
Flerovium is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Fl and atomic number 114. It is a superheavy, radioactive element in Group 14 of the periodic table, known from tiny numbers of atoms made in nuclear-fusion experiments.
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