On the road to restoring US Human spaceflight from US soil, SpaceX conducted a pair of key tests involving a propulsive hover test and parachute drop test for their Crew Dragon vehicle which is slated to begin human missions ...
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2016
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Until now, scientists had observed that some large birds are sociable amongst each other. However, a new study has confirmed that this unique characteristic can also be seen among smaller birds such as the Eurasian siskin, ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 1, 2016
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In mid-January, Netflix announced a ban on the use of proxies, unblockers and virtual private networks (VPNs) – all technical work-arounds to view movies and TV programs unavailable in the subscriber's country. This announcement ...
Telecom
Feb 1, 2016
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Researchers from the EU Media in Context (MICO) project have published highly promising results. These will help independent news organisations in extending their publishing workflows with cross-media analysis and linked ...
Internet
Feb 1, 2016
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EU researchers have developed an innovative and environmentally friendly new aluminium-based coating to provide protection for offshore energy installations.
Materials Science
Feb 1, 2016
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Students from the Department of Politics and International Relations have carried out a survey which found people are more sympathetic to Syrians settling in the UK when they are referred to as 'refugees' rather than 'migrants'.
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2016
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Under the "SIGN – Clean Water from the Source to the Consumer" project, Chinese and German partners work on improving water quality of Lake Tai. This lake supplies millions of people with drinking water, but is strongly ...
Environment
Feb 1, 2016
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Throughout history, native wildlife has been responsible for transmitting infectious diseases to humans and domestic animals, with some of these diseases potentially posing a threat to public health and biosecurity.
Ecology
Feb 1, 2016
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Many glaciers on Svalbard behave very differently from other glaciers worldwide. They advance massively for some years and then quickly retreat – and then remain quiescent for fifty to a hundred years – before they once ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 1, 2016
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Super-sharp images from within the human body made through tiny endoscopes have come a step closer to reality thanks to joint research by scientists from the University of Twente's MESA+ research institute, the Max Planck ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 1, 2016
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