New experiment provides route to macroscopic high-mass superpositions
University of Southampton scientists have designed a new experiment to test the foundations of quantum mechanics at the large scale.
Quantum Physics
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Sea turtles' first days of life: Scientists follow hatchlings from Cape Verde with tiny acoustic transmitters
With new nano-sized acoustic transmitters, scientists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, the Turtle Foundation and Queen Mary University of London followed the pathways of loggerhead turtle hatchlings. ...
Ecology
Oct 23, 2014
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Researchers devise broad-bandwidth amplifier that ups gain by more than 10 db
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with members from the University of California and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has developed an improvement to a broad-bandwidth amplifier that detects microwave photons allowing ...
The great world wide star count
How many stars can you see at night? Right now people all over the world are being asked to go out and count them!
Space Exploration
Oct 23, 2014
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Study of mitochondrial DNA reveals how the loggerhead turtle reached the Mediterranean
To date, it was thought that the loggerhead turtle arrived to the Mediterranean from North America and the Caribbean after the last glacial period. However, latest scientific studies show that this marine species colonized ...
Ecology
Oct 23, 2014
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Australia takes the next step in the fight against ocean plastic pollution
Following on from the successful launch of the UK Good Scrub Guide, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) has now released an Australia specific version of the Guide, freely available for download.
Environment
Oct 23, 2014
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Ten years on, scientists still debating the origins of Homo floresiensis—the 'Hobbit'
(Phys.org) —It's been ten years since the bones of Homo floresiensis, aka, the "hobbit" were uncovered in Liang Bua, a cave, on the island of Flores in Indonesia, and scientists still can't agree on the diminutive hominin's ...
Gray water trial will help determine feasibility for landscape irrigation
The second phase of a study on the use of gray water for landscape irrigation will soon be underway and its results may affect how municipalities view gray water as an alternative non-potable water source statewide and beyond, ...
Environment
Oct 23, 2014
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Study shows more than half of peer-reviewed research articles published during 2007-2012 are now open access
(Phys.org) —A recent study paid for by the European Commission, and conducted and published by (the non-peer reviewed site) Science-Metrix, has found that more than half (approximately 55 percent) of peer-reviewed research ...
How to find a submarine
Das Boot, The Hunt for Red October, The Bedford Incident, We Dive At Dawn: films based on submariners' experience reflect the tense and unusual nature of undersea warfare – where it is often not how well armed or armoured ...
Other
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