An international research team reports results of a three-year study of sediment samples collected offshore from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in a new paper published August 18, 2015, in the American Chemical ...
Environment
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As the world's population becomes increasingly urbanised, it is estimated that the number of journeys measured in passenger-kilometres will triple by 2050. Roads simply can't absorb this increase.
Engineering
Aug 5, 2015
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The IBM Watson super-brainy computing technology, which has helped organize massive data as well as beaten champions on the Jeopardy TV show, is now learning Japanese.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 30, 2015
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Toyota's new robot that glides around like R2-D2 is devoted to a single task: picking things up.
Robotics
Jul 30, 2015
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Automakers and researchers say a new simulated city at the University of Michigan could help speed the development of driverless and connected cars.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 20, 2015
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The English-speaking receptionist is a vicious-looking dinosaur, and the one speaking Japanese is a female humanoid with blinking lashes. "If you want to check in, push one," the dinosaur says. The visitor still has to punch ...
Robotics
Jul 15, 2015
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What looks like a shooting target is actually an image of nested rings of X-ray light centered on an erupting black hole. On June 15, NASA's Swift satellite detected the start of a new outburst from V404 Cygni, where a black ...
Astronomy
Jul 9, 2015
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In research published in Nature Communications, researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science in Japan, along with collaborators in Europe and Japan, have identified a class of materials that displays clear ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 6, 2015
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A plane powered by the sun's rays landed in Hawaii Friday after a record-breaking five-day journey across the Pacific Ocean from Japan.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 3, 2015
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A solar-powered aircraft flying between Japan and Hawaii as part of a round-the-world bid passed the halfway point of the perilous Pacific Ocean crossing Wednesday, and smashed its own endurance record.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 1, 2015
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