Researchers from the University of Southampton have revealed a breakthrough in optical fibre communications.
Optics & Photonics
Dec 19, 2014
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In everyday life, the global positioning system (GPS) can be employed to reliably determine the momentary location of one en route to the desired destination. Scientists from the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ...
Biochemistry
Dec 19, 2014
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In a recent study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have used new technology to study extremely fast processes in solar cells. The research results form a concrete step towards more efficient solar cells.
General Physics
Dec 19, 2014
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Halloween 2013 brought real terror to an Austin, Texas, neighborhood, when a flash flood killed four residents and damaged roughly 1,200 homes. Following torrential rains, Onion Creek swept over its banks and inundated the ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 19, 2014
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The genetic code is the universal language of life. It describes how information is encoded in the genetic material and is the same for all organisms from simple bacteria to animals to humans. However, the origin of the code ...
Biotechnology
Dec 19, 2014
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The world's top particle physics lab has admitted Pakistan as an associate member, a year after Israel was voted in as a full member.
General Physics
Dec 19, 2014
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Bangladesh's rapid development on the doorstep of the ecologically fragile Sundarbans mangrove forest means "environmental disasters" like this month's oil spill in the massive delta are increasingly likely, experts warn.
Ecology
Dec 19, 2014
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers working at Stanford University has used a new technique to help further understand the electrostatic contribution to the transition state of enzymatic reactions. They have outlined their ...
Among the most revolutionary concepts of modern physics is that the laws of nature are inherently non-local. One striking manifestation of this non-locality was famously predicted by Aharonov and Bohm: a magnetic field confined ...
General Physics
Dec 19, 2014
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Underwater structures of the Great Bahamas Bank are pictured in this image from the Landsat-8 satellite on 5 February.
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2014
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