06/06/2014

How Apple's new Swift coding language lives up to its name

As Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) winds up in San Fransisco today, 1,000 Apple engineers and 5,000 developers will return to their parts of the world armed with Apple's own programming language.

Ecologists suggest 'ecological energetics' for conservation

A research group led by the University of Western Australia and Kings Park and Botanic Gardens is championing 'ecological energetics' as an essential tool for ecologists in understanding rapidly changing ecosystems.

NASA Advanced Technology Phase I concepts selected

NASA has selected 12 proposals, including three from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, for study under Phase I of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program, which aims to turn science fiction ...

NASA's Orion spacecraft is ready to feel the heat

(Phys.org) —NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers have installed the largest heat shield ever constructed on the crew module of the agency's Orion spacecraft. The work marks a major milestone on the path toward the spacecraft's ...

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