ExoMars sets sights on the Red Planet
ExoMars captured its first images of Mars this week as part of its preparations for arriving at the Red Planet in October.
Space Exploration
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Eye-tracking system uses ordinary cellphone camera
For the past 40 years, eye-tracking technology—which can determine where in a visual scene people are directing their gaze—has been widely used in psychological experiments and marketing research, but it's required pricey ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 16, 2016
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Sweden's biggest contribution yet to the world's largest radio telescope
Sweden's biggest contribution yet to the world's biggest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), has passed a major milestone. An advanced - and beautiful - feed horn, developed at Chalmers University of Technology, ...
Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2016
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Personalised medicine will employ computer algorithms
Scientists from ITMO University, the Federal Research and Clinical Centre of Physical-Chemical Medicine and MIPT have developed a software program that quickly compares sets of DNA of microorganisms living in different environments. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 16, 2016
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Biodegradable quick test reveals blue-green algae toxins in swimming water
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the University of Turku have developed an easy-to-use and affordable blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) test. The testing device enables ordinary consumers to check that the water ...
Environment
Jun 16, 2016
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Black holes and measuring gravitational waves
The supermassive black holes found at the centre of every galaxy, including our own Milky Way, may, on average, be smaller than we thought, according to work led by University of Southampton astronomer Dr Francesco Shankar.
Astronomy
Jun 16, 2016
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How do hydrogen droplets behave when hydrogen-oxygen aerosol mixtures burn?
Modern rockets and their launch vehicles commonly rely on hydrogen-oxygen mixtures as propellant, but this combination is highly explosive. The Challenger space shuttle catastrophe of 1986 is associated with self-ignition ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 16, 2016
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700-year-old West African soil technique could help mitigate climate change
A farming technique practised for centuries by villagers in West Africa, which converts nutrient-poor rainforest soil into fertile farmland, could be the answer to mitigating climate change and revolutionising farming across ...
Environment
Jun 16, 2016
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Gambling or skill? Fantasy sports fight for legitimacy
A year ago, fantasy sports was rapidly building into a multi-billion dollar US business with huge global potential. Now it's fighting to survive amid objections that the industry is essentially unregulated gambling.
Business
Jun 16, 2016
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Color vision helps birds find good food and the right partner
The researchers have established that chickens - just like people - have colour constancy. For birds, this means that they, in different environments and under different lighting conditions, recognise the colour of, for instance, ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2016
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