It takes a very, very clean room to build a detector sensitive enough to see the light from the beginning of the universe.
General Physics
Oct 18, 2016
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In a paper published today in Nature Chemical Biology, a team of researchers from Uppsala University, the Broad Institute of MIT, Harvard, and AstraZeneca are presenting new insights into how larger-than-average molecules ...
Biochemistry
Oct 18, 2016
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At the southern end of the Earth, a NASA plane carrying a team of scientists and a sophisticated instrument suite to study ice is returning to surveying Antarctica. For the past eight years, Operation IceBridge has been on ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 18, 2016
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Since the popular game came out this past summer, the number of videos about it on YouTube has skyrocketed. In a demonstration of the incredible power of network modeling, Kirell Benzi, a PhD student at EPFL, catalogued them ...
Internet
Oct 18, 2016
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Volcanic eruptions over the last 1,000 years have exacted a heavy influence on global climate, according to a new study led by researchers at the University at Albany. The impact is felt most dramatically near the equator, ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 18, 2016
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The theory of relativity, the discovery of radioactivity, the rise of American Modernist art, the Apple iPhone—each of these innovations are largely considered to be some of the greatest breakthroughs made by geniuses in ...
Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2016
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Combining a sugar derived from crab and shrimp shells with nanomaterials could lead to applications that enhance bone regeneration and wound healing.
Materials Science
Oct 18, 2016
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The better the company performs compared to its peers, the more top executives should receive in pay, bonuses and stock awards. Right?
Economics & Business
Oct 18, 2016
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As the U.S. trucking industry faces new federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions, a University of Michigan team surveyed fleet managers to gauge their views on fuel usage, fuel economy and fuel-saving technologies.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 18, 2016
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Roughly 1,400 satellites surround the word today, with 500 of those launched by the United States. While they all have various duties and capabilities, it is of utmost importance to correctly and efficiently identify the ...
Space Exploration
Oct 18, 2016
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