At some time or another – perhaps at a loud concert or a construction site, for instance – many people have experienced the loss of hearing sensitivity that becomes strikingly evident after the noise subsides. That phenomenon ...
Plants & Animals
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In computer aided vehicle engineering, you need accurate data on various environmental influences. This is the only way developers can conduct tests that simulate the experience of a real car. At the Hannover Messe, researchers ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 1, 2016
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Vehicles in logistics centers will be more intuitive to steer in the future, thus making work easier and safer. "Tactile" handles being developed by Fraunhofer researchers will make this possible: They employ pressure sensors ...
Engineering
Apr 1, 2016
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Most prime agricultural land is used to produce food crops, leaving biofuel producers to establish crops on marginal land. The soil on marginal land is often salty, making crop production difficult. But University of Illinois ...
Biotechnology
Apr 1, 2016
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An international research group observed a state in copper oxides in which orbital degrees of freedom did not freeze at low temperatures and electrons fluctuated due to quantum fluctuations. The group also clarified the time ...
General Physics
Apr 1, 2016
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A team of researchers working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has announced the finding of a triple-star system—one that also as has a stable orbit planet in it. In their paper published in The Astronomical ...
For all their enormous size and furious energies, stars are remarkably simple. Knowing just their mass and the smattering of elements heavier than hydrogen we can predict their lives from cradles to grave. But every now and ...
Astronomy
Apr 1, 2016
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Parents often face conflicting advice when deciding whether to send their child to a single-sex or coeducational school.
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 2016
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The search for endangered species is leading scientists to an unexpected place for information—the clouds that shift and swirl around the planet.
Ecology
Apr 1, 2016
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Fauna & Flora International is sharing the findings from three years of data collection to help people choose a wider range of microplastic-free products.
Environment
Apr 1, 2016
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