France announced Monday it was raising its renewable energy goals and would become the first country to issue "green bonds" to fund projects which benefit the enviroment.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 25, 2016
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Modelling done for the Climate Institute indicates that without big policy changes Australia's path to zero emissions from the electricity sector by 2050 would mean huge disruption after 2030.
Environment
Apr 15, 2016
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Two astronomers at Columbia University in New York suggest humanity could use lasers to conceal the Earth from searches by advanced extraterrestrial civilisations. Professor David Kipping and graduate student Alex Teachey ...
Astronomy
Mar 31, 2016
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To our knowledge, this is the first time anyone has ever photographed a transit of the International Space Station of the moon DURING a lunar eclipse. And guess who did it?
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2015
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When you're Thierry Legault and you want to challenge yourself, the bar is set pretty high.
Space Exploration
Sep 2, 2015
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Uncork a bottle of champagne, and as the pressure of the liquid is abruptly removed, bubbles immediately form and then rapidly begin the process of "coarsening," in which larger bubbles grow at the expense of smaller ones.
General Physics
Dec 18, 2014
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Transit-centered communities that are dense, service-rich, and walkable are one of the pillars of 21st century sustainable development policy. But the challenge, planners say, is figuring out how to actually create them.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 10, 2014
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A magnitude 8.3 earthquake that struck deep beneath the Sea of Okhotsk on May 24, 2013, has left seismologists struggling to explain how it happened. At a depth of about 609 kilometers (378 miles), the intense pressure on ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 19, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Imagine a computer chip that can assemble itself. According to Eric M. Furst, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, engineers and scientists are closer to making this ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 19, 2012
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None of us will likely see Venus pass, like a moving beauty spot, across the face of the sun again.
Space Exploration
Jun 6, 2012
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