Gas is hugely important to the UK. The country uses more than 65 billion cubic metres to heat most of its 25m homes and generate around a quarter of its electricity each year. Despite efforts to move to renewable energy sources ...
Environment
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It's no secret that Silicon Valley employs many more men than women in tech jobs. What's much harder to agree on is why.
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2017
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Neophytes – invasive plants that are alien to the region – are a huge burden on the public purse. The ETH spin-off "In-Finitude" has set up a new online platform right on time for the growing season. This displays the ...
Ecology
Aug 16, 2017
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Voting systems must be accurate, usable, accessible and secure to be successful, according to a new paper from a voting behavior expert at Rice University.
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2017
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An NDSU botanist is part of a team working to save one of the rarest pine trees in the world.
Environment
Aug 16, 2017
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A new study from ANU on a 400 million year old fish fossil has found a jaw structure that is part of the evolutionary lineage linked to humans.
Archaeology
Aug 16, 2017
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NUS statisticians have developed a better methodology to study user behaviour for freemium products and services.
Software
Aug 16, 2017
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The rise of fast fashion in Australia means 6000 kg of clothing is dumped in landfill every 10 minutes. The ABC's War On Waste visualised this statistic by piling a giant mound of clothing waste in the middle of the city. ...
Materials Science
Aug 16, 2017
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A Tasmanian penguin long thought extinct never even existed, University of Otago-led research has discovered.
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2017
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Dog loving travellers can now tap into the human- canine history of New York, Paris and London on the move by using a new app developed by the University of Liverpool.
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2017
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