The EU-funded ESTORAGE project has presented a range of options for increasing energy storage capacity across Europe, whilst also building flexibility into grids to better integrate renewables.
Energy & Green Tech
May 18, 2016
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Human communication goes beyond words. It is complex, rich in nuances and frequently includes non-verbal signs. Yet despite our technological limitations it is not impossible for some aspects of communication to be emulated ...
Computer Sciences
May 18, 2016
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That the morphology of many pollinators corresponds strikingly to the shape of the flowers they pollinate was observed more than 150 years ago by Charles Darwin. He described this perfect mutual adaptation of flowers and ...
Plants & Animals
May 18, 2016
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Chinese Internet giant Tencent on Wednesday reported a 33 percent surge in net profit for the first quarter, as its popular messaging app WeChat added more users.
Business
May 18, 2016
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The dream of replacing petrochemicals with renewable resources in the manufacture of synthetic fibers and plastics has moved a step closer. A*STAR researchers have genetically modified the bacterium Escherichia coli to produce ...
Biotechnology
May 18, 2016
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A British vote to leave the European Union in next month's referendum would put almost £1 billion in EU research funds to Britain at risk, a new study warned Wednesday.
Other
May 18, 2016
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An EU-funded project is aiming to raise private sector funds for a new space telescope to study exoplanets, potentially becoming the world's first semi-commercial space mission.
Space Exploration
May 18, 2016
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Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio observatory in Chile have made the first high-resolution image of the belt of comets (a region analogous to the Kuiper belt in our own Solar ...
Astronomy
May 18, 2016
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Scientists have probed the process that allows cells to swallow up particles, finding that some shapes are easier to swallow than others. Cells take in small particles and other objects such as bacteria in a process called ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 18, 2016
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Mat time may be an important part of a child's education, but new research from Victoria University of Wellington suggests that teachers need to clarify why it matters, if students are to benefit from it.
Social Sciences
May 18, 2016
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