Shining light on the social lives of viruses
Scientists know viruses are contagious and can spread quickly, but how do they interact with each other?
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 19, 2017
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How climate change is affecting polar fish at the tip of a warming world
Fish have been migrating to cooler water over the last several decades as the ocean warms. But in Antarctica, the coldest place on the planet, polar species have nowhere to go.
Environment
Oct 19, 2017
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Robot wars: US smashes Japan in giant days-long duel
In scenes reminiscent of films like "Transformers", a giant US robot fighting machine swung a "chainsaw sword" to chop a Japanese opponent into submission in a battle watched by tens of thousands online.
Robotics
Oct 19, 2017
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New research proves that birds and flying reptiles were friends, not foes
New Macquarie University research, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, has shown that birds and pterosaurs did, in fact, co-exist for millions of years peacefully, as opposed to the long-held and ...
Archaeology
Oct 19, 2017
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Image: What lurks below NASA's Chamber A?
Hidden beneath Chamber A at the Johnson Space Center is an area engineers used to test critical contamination control technology that has helped keep our James Webb Space Telescope clean during cryogenic testing.
Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2017
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Deep space communications via faraway photons
A spacecraft destined to explore a unique asteroid will also test new communication hardware that uses lasers instead of radio waves.
Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2017
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World's deepest lake in peril, scientists warn
Lake Baikal is undergoing its gravest crisis in recent history, experts say, as the government bans the catching of a signature fish that has lived in the world's deepest lake for centuries but is now under threat.
Environment
Oct 19, 2017
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Samples brought back from asteroid reveal 'rubble pile' had a violent past
Curtin University planetary scientists have shed some light on the evolution of asteroids, which may help prevent future collisions of an incoming 'rubble pile' asteroid with Earth.
Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2017
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Scientists question assumptions about planet formation
A paper published this week in Astrophysical Journal, led by Open University academics, has examined the exact structure and behaviour of the icy particles that collide and grow at the onset of planet-formation, in a series ...
Astronomy
Oct 19, 2017
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Scientists develop robot with learned motor control
The two main pitfalls of robots that imitate the human body are control and cost. Researchers from the MoCoTi European project have designed a prototype of a robot that learns how to actuate its own limbs, and that can be ...
Robotics
Oct 19, 2017
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