Researchers from MIT and UC Berkeley tracked traffic in Boston and San Francisco with cell tower and GPS data and analyzed bottlenecks. Their computer analysis suggested a possible strategy for relieving traffic tie-ups: ...
Engineering
Dec 20, 2012
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A global network of people monitoring bee populations may form an early warning system alerting scientists to dangers threatening the world's food system and economies.
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2012
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After a 4-week binge of laser-cutting, wiring, soldering, programming and debugging, it all came down to the moment when a tall man in a dark gray suit took the stage.
Robotics
Dec 20, 2012
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At The Regulator Bookshop in Durham, N.C., co-owner Tom Campbell says he is losing business as customers come in to photograph his books or jot down notes, conducting their research before they buy the books online to avoid ...
Business
Dec 20, 2012
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Although climate change may alter the distributions of many species, changes in land use may compound these effects. Now, a new study by PRBO Conservation Science (PRBO) researcher Dennis Jongsomjit and colleagues suggests ...
Ecology
Dec 20, 2012
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Located in one of the loneliest locations on Earth, the French-Italian Concordia station was captured on high-resolution camera by ESA's Proba-1 microsatellite last month, showing the snow-covered base and 25 square kilometers ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2012
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A recent image acquired by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft shows the interior of Eminescu, a youngish 130-km (80 mile) wide crater just north of Mercury's equator. Eminescu made science headlines last year with MESSENGER's discovery ...
Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2012
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(Phys.org)—A research team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has confirmed long-standing suspicions among physicists that electrons in a crystalline structure called a kagome ...
Quantum Physics
Dec 20, 2012
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International climate talks wrapped up last week in Qatar. Harvard Professor Robert Stavins attended and characterized the gathering as a qualified success, representing another step in a long process of reaching a workable ...
Environment
Dec 20, 2012
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An Australian technology company is close to commercialising the world's first fully automated system for mustering and managing cattle in the rangelands.
Other
Dec 20, 2012
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