NRL video refs can still make the call even if they're not at the game
A new centralised video bunker is set to be introduced to the National Rugby League (NRL) games next season as part of a A$2 million hi-tech overhaul.
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Developing a picture of the Earth's mantle
Deep inside the earth, seismic observations reveal that three distinct structures make up the boundary between the earth's metallic core and overlying silicate mantle at a depth of about 2,900 kilometers—an area whose composition ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2015
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Unclean water supply may contribute to lower life expectancy in remote Australia
Lack of access to sufficient, clean, safe water could contribute to the 10-year average life expectancy gap between people who live in many rural and remote areas and those living metropolitan Australia, a QUT public health ...
Environment
Dec 14, 2015
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Saving NASA's STEREO-B—the 189-million-mile road to recovery
On Oct. 1, 2014, NASA mission operations lost communication with one of the two spacecraft of the Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, mission, just as the spacecraft was about to orbit around the other ...
Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2015
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Using algorithms to make a campaign go viral
Marketers want to create buzz, but it's not always so easy. For a marketing message to spread like wildfire, not only does it have to reach the target audience, but it also has to be well-timed and well-placed. SThAR, an ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 14, 2015
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A metabolic pathway in cyanobacteria could yield better biofuels and bioproducts from photosynthesis
Scientists from the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered that a metabolic pathway previously only suggested to be functional in photosynthetic organisms is actually a major pathway ...
Biotechnology
Dec 14, 2015
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Professor 3-D scans world's oldest ham, peanut
Bernard Means, Ph.D, an anthropology professor in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of World Studies who specializes in 3-D scanning archaeological artifacts, visited the Isle of Wight County Museum in Smithfield, ...
Archaeology
Dec 14, 2015
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Japan asteroid probe enters 'target orbit' in space quest
A Japanese space probe successfully entered "target orbit" and is on its way to rendezvousing with a far away asteroid, in a quest to study the origin of the solar system, authorities said Monday.
Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2015
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Climate scientists focus on extracting the carbon already in our air
For decades, most of the strategizing about how to slow down climate change has focused on cutting emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, mainly by shifting away from fossil fuels. Other proposals range from ...
Environment
Dec 14, 2015
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Domain size and purity key to efficient organic solar cells
As solar energy becomes more popular, the drive to create more efficient, less expensive solar cells increases. Solar energy is abundant, but the devices we use to collect that energy have an efficiency problem – currently, ...
Materials Science
Dec 14, 2015
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