(Phys.org) —Mechanical Engineering Professor Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng has a simple office demonstration of how shape-memory polymers work. He takes the material, which is formed into a compact flower bud, drops the bud in ...
Polymers
Nov 22, 2013
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Another blow was dealt to deep space exploration this past weekend. The announcement comes from Jim Green, NASA's Planetary Science Division Director. The statement outlines some key changes in NASA's radioisotope program, ...
Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2013
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When you clean your house you are probably vacuuming up space dust. Not kidding. It is the same dust that was once part of comets and asteroids. You see that dust in the faint glow it helps create before sunrise and after ...
Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A new kind of x-ray multilayer grating that could open a pathway for high-sensitivity, hard x-ray phase contrast full-field imaging of large samples has been developed by researchers at the National Institutes ...
Engineering
Nov 22, 2013
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The cause of a disease affecting the local lupin industry has been discovered in PhD research at UWA's Institute of Agriculture.
Biotechnology
Nov 22, 2013
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A team of American and Israeli researchers has unearthed what could be the largest and oldest wine cellar in the Near East.
Archaeology
Nov 22, 2013
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No strong climate pattern influence anticipated through upcoming winter season.
Earth Sciences
Nov 22, 2013
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(Phys.org) —More low-income students are attending college than ever before, but many of them are ill prepared for the challenges of higher learning. Now University of Texas at Austin researchers are finding ways to level ...
Social Sciences
Nov 22, 2013
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A new pilot project initiated by WWF proves that the use of satellite technology in the surveillance of fishing activities can be an efficient and simple method to increase safety on fishing vessels and promote legal and ...
Ecology
Nov 22, 2013
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Even the simplest forms of life face an endless barrage of decisions—where to search for sustenance, for example, or how to avoid predators. Various mathematical models can mimic these decision-making processes, coming ...
Nanophysics
Nov 22, 2013
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