15/09/2015

Image: Good morning from the International Space Station

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) shared this photograph on social media, taken from the International Space Station on Sept. 10, 2015. Kelly wrote, "#GoodMorning Texas! Great view of you, the #moon, and #Venus ...

Researchers call for 'crazy new science' to save the planet

Delia Milliron wants your windows to stop being so stupid. Mika Järvinen wants to lay waste to the concept of waste. Joel Dawson wants the world's cell phone systems to save the energy equivalent of 7 million cars, while ...

Call for greater focus on risks of toxic mixtures

Mixtures of toxic chemicals that commonly occur in the word's cities may hold greater risks for citizens exposed to them than do the individual chemicals themselves.

Clean-up injects new value into old urban land

Effective clean-up of contaminated sites delivers large returns to land-holders and taxpayers, and can boost home values for citizens living nearby by more than 10 per cent.

A random access memory for storing living cells

Advances in circuits typically refer to breakthroughs in computers, cell phones, and other advanced electronic devices. However, a more general notion of circuits refers to any integrated system which can move objects along ...

New study tackles conflicting goals in the Coral Triangle

An international team of scientists is using one of the world's natural wonders, the Coral Triangle of Southeast Asia, to pioneer a new approach that conserves wildlife, protects people's livelihoods and helps both adapt ...

Study confirms bats' value in combating crop pests

It's dusk in the countryside, and in the fading golden light a small, winged shape takes to the air over a local cornfield. Darting this way and that, the creature executes maneuvers far beyond what any modern fighter jet ...

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