One of the fastest spacecraft ever built—NASA's New Horizons—is hurtling through the void at nearly one million miles per day. Launched in 2006, it has been in flight longer than some missions last, and it is nearing ...
Space Exploration
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(Phys.org) —Biomedical engineer Lihong Wang, PhD, and researchers in his lab work with lasers used in photoacoustic imaging for early-cancer detection and a close look at biological tissue. But sometimes there are limitations ...
General Physics
Jan 15, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a "smart" hydrogel that can deliver medicine on demand, in response to mechanical force.
Biochemistry
Jan 15, 2014
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Not long after publishing a paper in a prestigious journal about plants being able to 'talk' using sound, Monica Gagliano is back with her new findings showing that they can 'learn'.
Plants & Animals
Jan 15, 2014
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Aquifers, lakes, and rivers that supply drinking water rarely contain metal contaminants. When water passes through service lines and home plumbing systems, however, corrosion can introduce small amounts of lead, cadmium ...
Materials Science
Jan 15, 2014
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A Cologne working group involving Prof. Carsten Münker and Dr. Elis Hoffmann and their student Sebastian Viehmann (working with Prof. Michael Bau from the Jacobs University Bremen) have managed for the first time to determine ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 15, 2014
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After a successful pilot project held in five states, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has launched a new supply chain optimization program to help ...
Other
Jan 15, 2014
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University of Leicester leads collaboration with Northumbria University, Northamptonshire Police and The Royal London Hospital Museum, in investigation of the Blazing Car Murder of 1930
Other
Jan 15, 2014
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Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a technology that can perform concealed searches of encrypted data in its encrypted form. Searching data while it is encrypted makes it possible to maintain a high level ...
Security
Jan 15, 2014
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The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has released a free iPhone app to help people identify 285 birds in North America. Created with support from the National Science Foundation, the app asks just five questions, then displays ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 15, 2014
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