NASA officials proudly unveiled the pressure vessel for the agency's new Orion capsule destined to launch on the EM-1 mission to the moon in 2018, after the vehicle arrived at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida last ...
Space Exploration
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Researchers at the University of Zurich, the Università della Svizzera italiana, and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland have developed software enabling drones to autonomously detect and ...
Engineering
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There is nothing more certain in life than death – a cheerful thought for a dismal February. Even though we are aware of that inevitability, we don't expect death literally to strike out of an empty sky, which reportedly ...
Space Exploration
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Federal MP Tim Watts spoke in parliament on Monday about the ways in which new technologies are being used to stalk, intimidate, threaten and harass women.
Social Sciences
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Clams, mussels, scallops and oysters sound like delicious items on a restaurant menu. But bivalves such as these are much more than that: They function as a delicate record of changing environments and climate.
Earth Sciences
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From checked luggage to a pillow, blanket or simple snacks onboard, travelers have become accustomed to an assortment of extra costs when flying. It's difficult for airlines to gain and keep customer loyalty at a time when ...
Economics & Business
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To study how living systems respond to climate change, it is necessary to take a look at the ecological living conditions of animal and plant species. For most of these organisms (insects, reptiles, plants, etc.), observations ...
Ecology
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A new study by Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) on the climate change and geochemical process of waters and lake sediments on the Tibetan Plateau show that global warming affects geochemical processes such as glacier ...
Environment
Feb 10, 2016
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Unlike normal cells, stem cells are pluripotent—they can become any cell type, which makes them powerful potential treatments for diseases such as diabetes, leukemia and age-related blindness. However, maintaining this ...
Biochemistry
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The concept of moving your house without actually going anywhere isn't new—adaptive architecture has been around since the 1920s. But that was long before sensors and computing. So, how do we bring all those long held ideas ...
Engineering
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