Improving the hunt for gold
A geologist is using conditional probability principles to improve the design of nuggetty gold mines.
A geologist is using conditional probability principles to improve the design of nuggetty gold mines.
Earth Sciences
Dec 5, 2013
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Here's a feat of visual athletics to amaze your friends with this week. During your daily routine, you may have noticed the daytime Moon hanging against the azure blue sky. But did you know that, with careful practice and ...
Space Exploration
Dec 5, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Humans have devised many amazing and versatile materials (such as plastic and steel) that do not exist in nature. On the other hand, nature has created structures and substances that materials scientists and ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 5, 2013
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The solar panel installer SolarCity is beginning to address one of solar power's big drawbacks: The sun doesn't always shine.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 5, 2013
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New research suggests understanding the uneven distribution of democracy in Asia may depend more on geography than political theory.
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A good painter uses simple strokes of a brush to bring texture, contrast and depth to a blank canvas. In comparison, computer programs can have difficulty reproducing the complex and varied forms of brushstrokes, ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 5, 2013
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Scientists and engineers at the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) have developed the lightest satellite cryocooler, (cooling system) ever built. The breakthrough is seen as a game-changer in the design of affordable, ...
Space Exploration
Dec 5, 2013
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Research conducted in Bimini in The Bahamas spanning almost two decades shows that female lemon sharks that were born there returned 15 years later to give birth to their own young, confirming this behavior for the first ...
Ecology
Dec 5, 2013
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Reducing the amount of sunlight reaching the planet's surface by geoengineering may not undo climate change after all. Two German researchers used a simple energy balance analysis to explain how the Earth's water cycle responds ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 5, 2013
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Five hundred miles southeast of Hawai'i, in international waters far out of sight of any land, there are vast mineral resources 5,000 meters below the sea.
Ecology
Dec 5, 2013
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