A corneal abrasion is a scratch on your eye. It can happen in an instant — such as when you poke your eye or something (like dirt or sand) gets trapped under your eyelid. Your eye hurts ...

Warmer temperatures in Florida are a welcome departure from the record-breaking temperatures seen over the past week. February's forecast promises a warming trend, at least in the short term What a ...

The Microsoft CEO will have to perform a delicate balancing act over the next four years to keep his company from becoming a target. It’s going to be a long four years for Microsoft as the ...

In recent years, we have become increasingly accustomed to weather warning announcements and the Met Office rapidly working through the alphabet of storm names. The weekend past saw the turn of ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Cities are addressing climate challenges by adopting models like Resident Owned Communities (ROC), which empower residents to manage land and adapt to climate ...

Some sedimentary analyses, including abrasion of gravels, hardness of gravels, and weathering rind thickness, have been applied to compare terraces but proved limited and not quantitative. In this ...

Grinding and spreading basalt—an approach known as enhanced rock weathering (ERW)—speeds up those processes greatly. It could help cash-strapped farmers around the world by increasing crop ...

"They can originate from the fragmentation of larger plastic pieces through heat, abrasion or weathering," said Wu Yang, a member of Deng's team. "They are highly stable, toxic and difficult to ...

Introduction: Dental erosion and abrasion pose significant clinical challenges, often leading to exposed dentinal tubules and dentine demineralization. The aim of this study was to analyse the ...