Could robot submarines replace the ageing Collins class?
The decision to replace Australia's submarines has been stalled for too long by politicians afraid of the bad media about "dud subs" the Collins class got last century.
The decision to replace Australia's submarines has been stalled for too long by politicians afraid of the bad media about "dud subs" the Collins class got last century.
Engineering
Apr 11, 2016
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With less than two months left aboard the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Tim Peake has been exceptionally busy with experiments and arriving spacecraft. Tonight, the third supply vessel for the space laboratory ...
Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2016
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By using innovative magnetic materials, an international collaborative of researchers has made a breakthrough in the development of microwave detectors – devices that can sense weak microwave signals used for mobile communications, ...
Nanophysics
Apr 11, 2016
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When sophomore Colin Sheehan was enrolling for the fall 2015 semester, he needed one more class that fit his schedule.
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2016
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ESA astronaut Tim Peake shares his views of Earth and his six-month Principia mission while on the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2016
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Scientists have succeeded in making real-time measurements of changes in the concentration of the important messenger substance nitric oxide (NO) in human cells for the first time. The breakthrough, which has been published ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2016
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It is time to abolish the Electoral College in favor of a single national popular vote where all votes count equally, Stanford political experts say.
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2016
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Slovakia is gearing up to launch its first satellite into orbit with the aim of demonstrating the country's ability to carry out scientific experiments in space. The pocket-sized, one-unit CubeSat, named skCUBE, is currently ...
Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2016
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Astrophysicists at the University of Birmingham have used data from the NASA Kepler space telescope to discover a class of extrasolar planets whose atmospheres have been stripped away by their host stars, according to research ...
Astronomy
Apr 11, 2016
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Researchers at ETH Zurich have managed to use a synthetic genetic program to instruct stem cells taken from fatty tissue to become cells that are almost identical to natural beta cells. This brings them a major step closer ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2016
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