Image: Lunar ice drill
A drill designed to penetrate 1–2 m into the lunar surface is envisaged by ESA to fly to the Moon's south pole on Russia's Luna-27 lander in 2020.
Space Exploration
May 12, 2016
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Water 4.0—the next revolution in urban water systems
In his 2014 book, Water 4.0, UC Berkeley environmental engineer David Sedlak identifies four "revolutions" in the development of urban water systems. The first revolution—Water 1.0—was the Roman innovation of piping potable ...
Environment
May 12, 2016
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How Apple Watch and pervasive computing can lure you into leveling up your fitness
Hello, my name is Michael, and I'm a Ring Addict.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 12, 2016
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Brittle star study reveals richness and diversity of deep-sea life
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from Canada, the U.K. and Australia has compiled a dataset of brittle stars from across the globe and in so doing have offered a new way for biologist to view the richness of deep-sea life. ...
Precisely flawed nanodiamonds could produce next-generation tools for imaging and communications
Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory jointly run the world's leading program for isolating and studying diamondoids—the tiniest possible specks of diamond. Found naturally in petroleum fluids, these interlocking ...
Nanophysics
May 12, 2016
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Solving the biomass puzzle
Biomass holds great promise as a petroleum replacement, but unlocking its true potential remains a puzzle. A group of researchers at Iowa State University and the U.S Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory hope to develop ...
Biotechnology
May 12, 2016
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Two types of RGB laser light sources successfully demonstrated
As part of a NEDO project, Osaka University and Shimadzu Corporation have developed two types of RGB (Red, Green and Blue) laser light source modules using RGB visible light laser diode technology. The first model (see image ...
Optics & Photonics
May 12, 2016
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Social engineering exploits networks' weakest point—people
It requires a lot of effort and expense for computer hackers to program a Trojan virus and infiltrate individual or company computers. They are therefore increasingly relying on psychological strategies to manipulate computer ...
Security
May 12, 2016
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Better search engine results thanks to new method
How does Google decide which search results to display? Doctoral candidate Anne Schuth developed a new method by which dozens or even hundreds of search algorithms can be compared with each other simultaneously. This means ...
Computer Sciences
May 12, 2016
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Researchers advance groundbreaking 'water-in-salt' lithium ion battery technology
A team of researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD), U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), and colleagues have developed a battery that is at once safer, cheaper, more environmentally friendly, and more powerful—by ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 12, 2016
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