Does Germany's education system discriminate against children and young people with a migrant background? What obstacles do they face in reality? Are there differences between groups from different backgrounds? A new anthology ...
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2015
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Some of the world's most successful businessmen think scientists are equal to rockstars and deserve to be treated – and paid – like them. That's the aim of the Breakthrough Prizes, created by Facebook's Mark Zuckerburg ...
Other
Nov 18, 2015
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Flying robot technology is helping researchers find new ways to deliver medical aid to remote areas, monitor the environment and more.
Other
Nov 18, 2015
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(Phys.org)—An international team of astronomers led by Behnam Javanmardi of the University of Bonn in Germany has recently discovered 11 low surface brightness (LSB) systems located around nearby spiral galaxies. The researchers ...
Digital Array Row Transceiver (DART) provides greater performance thanks to improved reliability and increased efficiency
Engineering
Nov 18, 2015
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Using metagenomic datasets produced from the Iron Mountain site in Northern California and customized tools, researchers used bacterial spacer sequences commonly called CRISPRs to link phage and hosts in ecological studies.
Biotechnology
Nov 18, 2015
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Scientists have discovered a surprising similarity between rivers and humans: both release more carbon dioxide when they work hard.
Environment
Nov 18, 2015
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A black hole is so simple (at least in traditional theories) that it can be completely described by just three parameters: its mass, its spin, and its electric charge. Even though it may have formed out of a complex mix of ...
Astronomy
Nov 18, 2015
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There are almost 1800 confirmed exoplanets known today, and over 4000 exoplanet candidates. Astronomers have obtained estimates for the masses and radii (and hence the average densities) of over four hundred of these confirmed ...
Astronomy
Nov 18, 2015
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A reference collection of potential invasive marine species in WA, which forms part of a system for identifying pests via their genetic material, has been hailed as a marine biosecurity world first.
Ecology
Nov 18, 2015
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