It's hard to predict which of Australia's climate policies will survive, or perhaps even thrive, in the current parliament. But our research suggests that if the Abbott government wants to cut long-term power costs and risk ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 11, 2014
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Farmers face a balancing act when deciding how much fertilizer to apply. Applying too much wastes money and adds to nutrient runoff problems. Applying too little reduces yields.
Environment
Jul 11, 2014
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The nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is an irregularly shaped body as seen from ESA's spacecraft Rosetta. New images of the comet obtained by OSIRIS, the onboard scientific imaging system, reveal a unique shape. ...
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2014
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How can the age of archeological objects be determined if the well-established carbon dating method does not apply, for example for metal objects? Spanish and Portuguese scientists have now introduced a technique for dating ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 11, 2014
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A team including researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research has developed a novel methodology that, for the first time, combines 3-D and advanced range estimator ...
Ecology
Jul 11, 2014
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Repeated high-resolution observations made by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) indicate the gullies on Mars' surface are primarily formed by the seasonal freezing of carbon dioxide, not liquid water.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2014
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(AP)—Newly declassified documents show the Obama administration knew in advance the British government would oversee destruction of a newspaper's hard drives containing leaked documents.
Internet
Jul 11, 2014
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(AP)—The solar panels that Idaho inventor Scott Brusaw has built aren't meant for rooftops. They are meant for roads, driveways, parking lots and, eventually, highways.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 11, 2014
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Using spider toxins to study the proteins that let nerve cells send out electrical signals, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have stumbled upon a biological tactic that may offer a new way to protect crops from insect plagues ...
Ecology
Jul 11, 2014
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Australians were treated to a spectacular light show after a flaming object, believed to be space junk from a Russian booster rocket, streaked across the night sky and lit up social media.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2014
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