Hurricane topples 'Moon Tree' that was on Apollo mission
Winds from Hurricane Irma have toppled a tiny tree that orbited the moon and later grew at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.
Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2017
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A new way to enhance the capacity of memory devices
A Tomsk Polytechnic University study reveals how topological vortices found in low-dimensional materials can be both displaced and erased and restored again by the electrical field within nanoparticles. This may open exciting ...
Nanophysics
Sep 22, 2017
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Chiral crabs
Sander Wezenberg, and PhD students Thomas van Leeuwen and Kaja Sitkowska, from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, spoke to us about their work in chirality and molecular motors, and the seaside scene on the cover ...
Materials Science
Sep 22, 2017
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New pollinator guidelines aim to get Ireland's farmland buzzing again
Researchers behind the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan (AIPP) this week unveiled new Farmland Guidelines to add another strand to a coordinated drive to help Ireland's pollinators survive and thrive. The guidelines were launched ...
Ecology
Sep 22, 2017
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Concrete applications for accelerator science
Particle accelerators are the engines of particle physics research at Fermilab. They generate nearly light-speed, subatomic particles that scientists study to get to the bottom of what makes our universe tick. Fermilab experiments ...
General Physics
Sep 22, 2017
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Supernovae death reveals link to stars' birth
It was previously thought that molecules and dust would be completely obliterated by the tremendous explosions of supernovae. Yet, for the first time, scientists have discovered that this is not actually the case.
Astronomy
Sep 22, 2017
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The superconducting magnets of the future
The superconducting magnets of the future are under development and CERN is on the front line. To increase the energy of circular colliders, physicists are counting on ever more powerful magnets, capable of generating magnetic ...
General Physics
Sep 22, 2017
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Dams and other barriers to salmon spawning grounds create challenges for fisheries managers
Wild salmon, historically, are born in rivers, swim to sea to live out their adulthoods, and find their way back to their freshwater spawning grounds to reproduce before dying.
Ecology
Sep 22, 2017
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Hacking a pressure sensor to track gradual motion along marine faults
Deep below the ocean's surface, shielded from satellite signals, the gradual movement of the seafloor—including along faults that can unleash deadly earthquakes and tsunamis—goes largely undetected. As a result, we know ...
Engineering
Sep 22, 2017
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Engineers aim to harness energy from the Kuroshio ocean current
OIST researchers develop turbines to convert the power of ocean waves into clean, renewable energy.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 22, 2017
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