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Curiosity refers to the intrinsic desire of humans and animals to explore the unknown, even when there is no apparent reason to do so. Thus far, no single, widely accepted definition or framework for curiosity has emerged, but there is growing consensus th ...
Cambridge2023Role of K-feldspar and quartz in global ice nucleation by mineral dust in mixed-phase clouds
Ice-nucleating particles (INPs) enable ice formation, profoundly affecting the microphysical and radiative properties, lifetimes, and precipitation rates of clouds. Mineral dust emitted from arid regions, particularly potassium-containing feldspar (K-felds ...
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH2023Experimental Study on Bedload Transport and Bedforms: Behaviour and Interplay in Steep Turbulent Streams
In mountain regions, steep streams play an important role in water and sediment connectivity. In these highly dynamic systems, water flow features, sediment fluxes and stream morphologies are tightly interlinked over a broad range of temporal and spatial s ...
EPFL2022Cyclic thermomechanical behaviour of pile-soil interface and design methods for energy pile foundations
Energy piles are shallow geothermal systems integrated into structures already required for structural functions of civil works that provide both geothermal energy supply and structural support to the built environments. This research work is driven by the ...
EPFL2021Strength can be controlled by edge dislocations in refractory high-entropy alloys
William Curtin, Francesco Maresca, Rui Feng
Energy efficiency is motivating the search for new high-temperature (high-T) metals. Some new body-centered-cubic (BCC) random multicomponent "high-entropy alloys (HEAs)" based on refractory elements (Cr-Mo-Nb-Ta-V-W-Hf-Ti-Zr) possess exceptional strengths ...
NATURE PORTFOLIO2021Neutron Diffraction and Diffraction Contrast Imaging for Mapping the TRIP Effect under Load Path Change
Helena Van Swygenhoven, Efthymios Polatidis, Markus Strobl
The transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) effect is investigated during a load path change using a cruciform sample. The transformation properties are followed by in-situ neutron diffraction derived from the central area of the cruciform sample. Additio ...
MDPI2020Cyclic thermomechanical response of fine-grained soil-concrete interface for energy piles applications
Lyesse Laloui, Elena Ravera, Melis Sütman
Understanding the behaviour of soil-structure interfaces is critical for addressing the analysis and design of energy geostructures. In this study, the interface failure mechanism of energy piles (where a shear band is detached from the surrounding soil th ...
2020Improved Near-Surface Continental Climate in IPSL-CM6A-LR by Combined Evolutions of Atmospheric and Land Surface Physics
This work is motivated by the identification of the land-atmosphere interactions as one of the key sources of uncertainty in climate change simulations. It documents new developments in related processes, namely, boundary layer/convection/clouds parameteri ...
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION2020Timescales of the Climate Record in the South Polar Ice Cap of Mars
Stepan Tulyakov, Nicolas Thomas
The South Polar Layered Deposits (SPLD) are the largest water ice reservoirs on Mars. Their accumulation is believed to result from climate oscillations that drive the movement of ice and dust on the surface. The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment ...
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION2019