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Atmospheric isoprene measurements reveal larger-than-expected Southern Ocean emissions

Isoprene is a key trace component of the atmosphere emitted by vegetation and other organisms. It is highly reactive and can impact atmospheric composition and climate by affecting the greenhouse gases ozone and methane and secondary organic aerosol format ...

Nature Research2024

Alertness in work environments : on the role of indoor daylight exposure

Victoria Eugenia Soto Magán

Light enables to see the world around us, while playing a key role in our biological functioning. During the last decades, light has become an important research topic for chronobiologists and neuroscientists, and their findings are increasingly interwoven ...

EPFL2021

The sun is no fun without rain: Physical environments affect how we feel about yellow across 55 countries

Amer Chamseddine, Christine Mohr, Maya Roinishvili, Ahmad Abu-Akel, Ramiro Tau, Meng Zhang, Nevena Dimitrova, Niloufar Pouyan

Across cultures, people associate colours with emotions. Here, we test the hypothesis that one driver of this cross-modal correspondence is the physical environment we live in. We focus on a prime example - the association of yellow with joy, - which conce ...

ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

Ice-covered Lake Onega: effects of radiation on convection and internal waves

Alfred Johny Wüest, Damien Bouffard, Natacha Tofield-Pasche

Early-spring under-ice convection in the Petrozavodsk Bay of Lake Onega (Russia) was investigated as part of an interdisciplinary research project conducted during March 2015. Measurements performed using a thermistor chain and vertical profiling sensors w ...

Springer Verlag2016

Strong Lens Time Delay Challenge. Ii. Results Of Tdc1

Frédéric Courbin, Georges Meylan, Malte Tewes, Vivien François Bonvin

We present the results of the first strong lens time delay challenge. The motivation, experimental design, and entry level challenge are described in a companion paper. This paper presents the main challenge, TDC1, which consisted of analyzing thousands of ...

American Astronomical Society2015

On advanced daylighting simulations and integrated performance assessment of complex fenestration systems for sunny climates

Chantal Basurto Dávila

The inclusion of daylight in buildings represents several benefits: its use not only signifies a reduction in the building energy consumption through the compensation of electric lighting, it also has positive effects in the execution of human activities. ...

EPFL2014