World 'facing flood of new toxins'
The world needs to prepare for a flood of potentially dangerous new pollutants, an international expert in environmental chemistry has warned.
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How smart can the electricity grid be?
Opportunities will open for European citizens with more and more renewables on the European electricity system.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 14, 2015
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Swinging on 'monkey bars': Motor proteins caught in the act
The first images of motor proteins in action are published in the journal Nature Communications today.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 14, 2015
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Team generates photon pairs with complex quantum states on a chip compatible with electronic systems
Telecommunication networks will soon reach the physical limits of current technology and in order to overcome the current bottleneck, they will have to exploit the quantum properties of light. Roberto Morandotti and his INRS ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 14, 2015
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Elephants born when mothers are stressed age faster, produce fewer offspring
Elephants born into stressful situations have fewer offspring and age faster, researchers at the University of Sheffield have found.
Ecology
Sep 14, 2015
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Singapore schools, F1 race on edge as bad haze persists
Billowing smoke from Indonesian forest fires has worsened Singapore's air pollution, raising concern among organizers of this weekend's widely anticipated Formula One night race, as well as in schools that reopened Monday ...
Environment
Sep 14, 2015
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Nintendo names new president after sudden death of CEO
Japanese videogame giant Nintendo said on Monday it has appointed Tatsumi Kimishima as its new president two months after its chief executive died from cancer.
Business
Sep 14, 2015
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California declares state of emergency as wildfires rage
California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency as raging wildfires spread in the northern part of the drought-ridden US state, forcing thousands to flee the flames.
Environment
Sep 14, 2015
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Global warming to pick up in 2015, 2016: experts
Man-made global warming is set to produce exceptionally high average temperatures this year and next, boosted by natural weather phenomena such as El Nino, Britain's top climate and weather body said in a report Monday.
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