Image: Daily sun images of 2016
This montage of 366 images shows our sun through the eyes of ESA's Proba-2 satellite, as seen each day in 2016.
Space Exploration
Jan 16, 2017
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First humans arrived in North America 10,000 years earlier than believed
The timing of the first entry of humans into North America across the Bering Strait has now been set back 10,000 years.
Archaeology
Jan 16, 2017
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Phase transition discovery opens the door to new electronics
A group of European scientists led by researchers at TU Delft has discovered how phase transitions propagate throughout materials called nickelates. The discovery improves our understanding of these novel materials, which ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 16, 2017
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Study of microbes reveals new insight about Earth's geology and carbon cycles
Tiny microbes play a big role in cycling carbon and other key elements through our air, water, soil and sediment. Not only do microbes capture and release carbon, contributing to a cycle that is central to life on Earth, ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 16, 2017
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Researchers clearly image internal and external structure of bacteria
Freezing bacteria super fast to gain a true-to-nature image of the internal and external structure. Ariane Briegel Professor of Ultrastructural Biology came to Leiden specially to carry out this research. Leiden University ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 16, 2017
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Engineers build world's lightest mechanical watch thanks to graphene
An ultralight high-performance mechanical watch made with graphene is unveiled today in Geneva at the Salon International De La Haute Horlogerie thanks to a unique collaboration.
Nanomaterials
Jan 16, 2017
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Researchers describe global sea level event during the hot greenhouse climate of the dinosaur age
Global sea level change has generally been considered to be a consequence of the growth and decay of continental ice sheets, which would explain large, rapid changes in sea level, even during extensive periods of global climatic ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 16, 2017
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How the darkness and the cold killed the dinosaurs
66 million years ago, the sudden extinction of the dinosaurs started the ascent of the mammals, ultimately resulting in humankind's reign on Earth. Climate scientists have now reconstructed how tiny droplets of sulfuric acid ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 16, 2017
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Researchers derive valuable chiral amino-alcohol structures from CO2
Researchers at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) in Tarragona have developed a method that transforms cyclic carbonates that can be easily obtained from CO2 into more valuable, chiral molecules chemists ...
Materials Science
Jan 16, 2017
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Scientists propose a novel regional path tracking scheme for autonomous ground vehicles
For autonomous ground vehicles (AGVs), one of the most important issues is path tracking. Conventionally, steering and velocity control are two typical aspects of the path tracking problem. Steering control is key because ...
Engineering
Jan 16, 2017
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