The first galaxies evolved only a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. But why do they have such a great variety of shapes and structures? How did the universe evolve as a whole? Two German-Chinese Partner Groups ...
Astronomy
May 14, 2014
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Rotary sensors can help determine the position of a moveable body in relation to an axis. They are essential to the smooth running of car engines in the automotive industry, for example. Fraunhofer researchers have developed ...
Engineering
May 14, 2014
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Web-based surveys have revealed that internet users believe the internet is a place for freedom of expression, with users in countries with stricter government controls on media and press tending to support this idea even ...
Internet
May 14, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Astrophysicists recently won the 'solar science lottery' as they were observing the skies just as one of the most energetic and rarest of solar eruptions took place. The international team, which included researchers ...
Space Exploration
May 14, 2014
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A South American insect could help control the invasive Brazilian peppertree in places where it supplants critical habitat for many organisms, according to University of Florida and U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists.
Ecology
May 14, 2014
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A lot of things change in a decade and a half. Fifteen years can bring major political, cultural, economic, and demographic shifts. But two Ithaca College professors of communications have found the ethnic diversity of actors ...
Social Sciences
May 14, 2014
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Henk Ovink thinks about the threat posed by rising seas to developed coastlines, a lot.
Earth Sciences
May 14, 2014
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A team at the Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Modeling Laboratory (CEA/CNRS/Université Paris Diderot) has successfully modeled, in 3D, the effects of gravity waves in an extremely comprehensive simulation of the Sun, from ...
Astronomy
May 14, 2014
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Sweaty-palmed and reciting facts over and over in their heads, the hordes of university and school students sitting down to exams this month will have precious little time to think about how their exam timetable was put together.
Social Sciences
May 14, 2014
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The search is intensifying for the nearly 300 Nigerian girls who were kidnapped from their school in April by a radical Islamist group. The U.S. government and others worldwide have offered intelligence and investigative ...
Social Sciences
May 14, 2014
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