Commercializing a new, innovative product is often the greatest challenge across the research and development landscape, as is evident in the failed attempt to bring jamming-based robotic gripper technology to market. The ...
Robotics
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A new model reconstruction shows in exceptional detail the evolution of the Eurasian ice sheet during the last ice age. This can help scientists understand how climate and ocean warming can effect the remaining ice masses ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2017
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Farming doesn't always have to be harmful to bees. On the contrary, even though farmers on the Mexican peninsula of Yucatán traditionally slash-and-burn forest to create small fields, this practice can be beneficial to sweat ...
Ecology
Jan 17, 2017
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An African rattan palm species has recently been assessed as Endangered, according to the IUCN Red List criteria. Although looking pretty robust at height of up to 40 m, the palm is restricted to scattered patches of land ...
Ecology
Jan 17, 2017
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New images from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) reveal stunning details of our Sun, including the dark, contorted center of an evolving sunspot that is nearly twice the diameter of the Earth.
Astronomy
Jan 17, 2017
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The signing of the Paris agreement in 2015 may give the impression that the major questions concerning climate change have at last been answered and that climate science has met its challenges.
Environment
Jan 17, 2017
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Economic growth in poor countries increases along with deforestation rates, but the effect disappears in wealthier economies, according to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Environment
Jan 17, 2017
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A solar-powered purification system could provide remote parts of India with clean drinking water for the first time.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 17, 2017
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It's the big astrophysical whodunnit. Across the Universe, galaxies are being killed and the question scientists want answered is, what's killing them?
Astronomy
Jan 17, 2017
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Indiana University research reveals a pattern of companies strategically locating facilities where wind will carry pollution across state lines.
Environment
Jan 17, 2017
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