MIT researchers have developed a system that creates personalized climates around individuals. The project, called "Local Warming," uses WiFi-based motion tracking and ceiling-mounted dynamic heating elements to target a ...
Engineering
Jun 11, 2014
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Did you ever look at the marks and speckles on an egg and wonder what they are for? Pretty as they can be, they are not merely ornamental but have evolved to hide the egg from hungry predators.
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2014
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After 18 months of research and deliberation, the Committee on Human Spaceflight – a diverse national group of scientists and professionals convened by Congressional request, and co-led by a Cornell professor – issued ...
Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2014
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Dr Andrew Martin, from the School of Biological Sciences, has spent over a decade investigating microalgae and bacteria that live in the bottom layers of sea ice in Antarctica to understand how microbes might be affected ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2014
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(Phys.org) —University of Utah electrical engineers have designed a thin layer made of a transparent plastic or glass that sorts and concentrates sunlight to boost the overall efficiency of solar cells by up to 50 percent. ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 11, 2014
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Much to the chagrin of gardeners, hikers, and virtually anyone enjoying the outdoors, one of the hazards of summer is picking up an itchy poison ivy rash.
Biotechnology
Jun 11, 2014
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This image is a composite of nine photos taken 5–10 minutes after midnight on 6–7 June 2014 and shows the International Space Station with the Expedition 40 crew, including ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, orbiting 410 ...
Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2014
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ESA astronauts Andreas Mogensen and Thomas Pesquet spent five days last year as part of NASA's underwater project to test technologies that could be used in future space missions – and now they will return to the seas this ...
Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2014
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Science is not settled on a bet or a hunch. Measurements and data feed conclusions and provide clarity. Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that two ground-based stations on a tropical island, though ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2014
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It may look like just dots on a page, but an image of distant galaxies taken last week represents a huge step forward for CSIRO's Australia SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope in Western Australia.
Astronomy
Jun 11, 2014
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