A new international study is the first to use a high-resolution, large-scale computer model to estimate how much ice the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could lose over the next couple of centuries, and how much that could add to ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 18, 2015
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A Massey University PhD student is delving into the decision-making processes of companies to understand whether judgement calls based on big data produce better outcomes.
Economics & Business
Aug 18, 2015
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Surprised to see how the Dutch people, whose culture is alien to the consumption of insects, have expressed interest in entomology with a scientific and commercial vision, a Mexican researcher is working on a project that ...
Other
Aug 18, 2015
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Already affiliated with local hospitals, universities and research institutes, Toronto-based startup ParticipAid's goal is a worthy one, albeit ambitious in scope: to make it easy for the world to have a direct impact on ...
Software
Aug 18, 2015
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While the tumultuous world of 19th century Anglo-Indian politics and history has gripped television viewers here with the British television drama Indian Summers, a Massey University social scientist is keen to find out more ...
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2015
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Ludwig Maximilian University researchers have used computed microtomography (micro-CT) to identify to the species level an exceptionally wellpreserved fossil arthropod from the famous Chengjiang Lagerstätte in China.
Archaeology
Aug 18, 2015
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Up until now, no material has been able to conduct current with no resistance at such high temperatures: Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz and the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz observed ...
Superconductivity
Aug 18, 2015
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For the powerful quantum computers that will be developed in the future, cracking online bank account details and credit cards number will be a cinch.
Quantum Physics
Aug 18, 2015
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Methylmercury, a toxic form of mercury that is readily absorbed from the gastro-intestinal tract and can cause in a variety of health issues, poses a significant threat to marine animals at the top of the food web.
Environment
Aug 18, 2015
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A look at the world map tells us that countries and cities vary greatly in size, and that there are many more small cities than there are big ones. Interestingly, such uneven distribution of city sizes can be quite accurately ...
Environment
Aug 18, 2015
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