(Phys.org) —A team of researchers working at Germany's Martin-Luther-Universität has discovered a new form of a 12-sidded quasicrystal. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the team describes how they accidently ...
One of the most controversial issues emerging from the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) is the failure of global climate models to predict a hiatus in warming of global ...
Earth Sciences
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday replaced the head of the state space agency as Russia scrambles to turn around the once-pioneering industry after a series of high-profile setbacks.
Space Exploration
Oct 10, 2013
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Certain parts of DNA are highly mobile and their dynamic motion participates in controlling gene expression. The research team working under Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla, an Inserm research director at the Institute of Genetics ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 10, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A trio of researchers from France and Denmark has combined data obtained over the past several centuries to create a model depicting the westward drift of the Earth's magnetic field. In so doing as they explain ...
Researchers at the University of Alicante have developed a guardrail barrier from seagrass residues in order to minimize the risk of injuries on roads.
Engineering
Oct 10, 2013
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After bringing electromobility to its home community, Fraunhofer IAO's branch lab in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is teaming up with the University of Stuttgart's Institute for Human Factors and Technology Management IAT to do ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 10, 2013
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As the legend holds, a violent escape from Nevada State Prison in 1871 concluded in a true-life Wild West shootout in California, not far from Mammoth Mountain. The immediate surroundings were renamed accordingly—Convict ...
Environment
Oct 10, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A team of physicists at the University of California has devised a means for allowing the observation of the quantum trajectory of a superconducting quantum bit. In their paper published in the journal Nature, ...
For those who use a mobile wallet, a new app aims to help keep track of when electronic cash is running low.
Software
Oct 10, 2013
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