Researchers recently used DNA from the 10,000-year-old "Cheddar Man", one of Britain's oldest skeletons, to unveil what the first inhabitants of what now is Britain actually looked like. But this isn't the first time DNA ...
Archaeology
Feb 16, 2018
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(AP) -- Setting up a Wi-Fi network at home has gotten much easier, yet the process can still be daunting. Or the wireless signal won't reach everywhere. A good alternative that has gotten little attention involves your electric ...
Telecom
Sep 2, 2009
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The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has developed a revolutionary optical component for augmented reality devices in partnership with a new British company, TruLife Optics.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 8, 2014
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In previous research, it was suggested that adaptation of an animal to different factors looks like spending of one resource and that the animal dies when this resource is exhausted. In 1938, Hans Selye introduced "adaptation ...
Mathematics
Mar 22, 2016
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How does the 'brain' of a living cell work, allowing an organism to function and thrive in changing and unfavourable environments?
Mathematics
May 2, 2018
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There are 450 light-years between Earth and LkCa15, a young star with a transition disk around it, a cosmic whirling dervish, a birthplace for planets.
Astronomy
Nov 18, 2015
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ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has achieved first light with a new adaptive optics mode called laser tomography—and has captured remarkably sharp test images of the planet Neptune and other objects. The MUSE instrument ...
Astronomy
Jul 18, 2018
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Our window into the cellular world just got a whole lot clearer.
General Physics
Apr 19, 2018
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten years ago today, NACO became operational: the first adaptive optics system of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). Adaptive Optics allows astronomers to remove the stars' twinkling – disturbances due ...
Space Exploration
Nov 25, 2011
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Until recently, astronomers were highly skeptical of whether or not planets should be possible in multiple star systems. It was expected that the constantly varying gravitational force would eventually tug the planet out ...
Astronomy
Jul 14, 2011
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