Through an exhibition and two semester-long courses, EPFL is paying tribute to a forgotten art: that of making buildings out of earth. The aim is to demonstrate how this age-old technique can still play a role in contemporary ...
Engineering
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In discussing the fire weather outlook for the southeast United States, the Southern Area Coordination Center reported that: "Deep soil moisture and live fuel moisture dryness in southern Florida due to long-term drought ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2017
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A team of scientists has discovered that a law controlling the bizarre behavior of black holes out in space—is also true for cold helium atoms that can be studied in laboratories.
Quantum Physics
Mar 21, 2017
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In order to remain safe, robots are commonly used to reach what human hands cannot. Often a robot is used to uncover victims from rubble or bring them safely to shore. These helpful hands can even reach a world far beyond ...
Robotics
Mar 21, 2017
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Molds produce a wide range of both valuable and toxic molecules, which have important implications for energy production, agriculture and human health. A recent study revealed that an organelle within fungal cells called ...
Biotechnology
Mar 21, 2017
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This view, acquired on Nov. 7, 2016, by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8, shows a portion of Canada's Mackenzie River Delta and the town of Inuvik, home to more than 3,000 people. A frozen highway—194 kilometers ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2017
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The next rovers to explore another planet might bring along a scout.
Space Exploration
Mar 21, 2017
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A team of researchers led by The University of Manchester is on the brink of revealing some of the mysteries of turbulence – a force of nature that has chaotic influence on land, sea and air.
General Physics
Mar 21, 2017
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Whether inside your laptop computer or storing energy outside wind farms, we need high-capacity, long-lasting, and safe batteries. In batteries, as in any electrochemical device, critical processes happen where the electrolyte ...
Materials Science
Mar 21, 2017
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Many Australian field scientists, including myself, have been swayed in recent years by the attraction of using camera traps to survey wildlife.
Ecology
Mar 21, 2017
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