Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM) enhanced the Gecko adhesion principle such that adhesion can be switched on and off in vacuum.
Materials Science
Jan 19, 2015
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There are one and a half million commercial buildings in the U.S. Less than ten percent of them have energy management systems. Technology from a Siemens company in Austin, Texas has what it takes to steadily ramp down this ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 19, 2015
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Optic fiber is normally used in the field of telecommunications to transmit information using light, but a group of researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has developed a technique that makes it possible ...
Engineering
Jan 19, 2015
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An international team of scientists including Hans-Rainer Klöckner from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn and Dominik Schwarz from the University of Bielefeld have joined forces to lay the foundations ...
Astronomy
Jan 19, 2015
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Our Solar System is a pretty picturesque place. Between the Sun, the Moon, and the Inner and Outer Solar System, there is no shortage of wondrous things to behold. But arguably, it is the eight planets that make up our Solar ...
Space Exploration
Jan 19, 2015
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The EU said Monday it will ban open water trawling of sea bass during the spawning season through April in order to ensure the stock's survival.
Ecology
Jan 19, 2015
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(Phys.org)—It was an interesting week for physics as a team of researchers found a way to extend Einstein's spooky action to allow for its use in quantum networks, to more than two optical systems. They believe it paves ...
The financial institutions of the City of London and Wall Street are to take part in a series of "war game" exercises aimed at testing their resilience to cyber attack. The announcement comes as prime minister David Cameron ...
Security
Jan 19, 2015
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A group of white blood cells known as B cells, which play a key role in the human immune response, need a protein-targeting signal called mannose 6-phosphate (M6P) in order to proliferate, differentiate, and present immune ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 19, 2015
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New research details how a preserved fossil found in China could be the oldest record of post-natal parental care from the Middle Jurassic.
Archaeology
Jan 19, 2015
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