Techies who surf are stoked about Silicon Beach club
Even in the frigid Pacific waters the group of techie surfers couldn't go gadget free.
Engineering
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Offshore wind farm revenues boost British Crown Estate
Offshore wind farms have helped generate record profits for Britain's Crown Estate, which administers a vast land and property portfolio nominally owned by Queen Elizabeth II but controlled by the state.
Business
Jun 24, 2015
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Nanowires could be the LEDs of the future
The latest research from the Niels Bohr Institute shows that LEDs made from nanowires will use less energy and provide better light. The researchers studied nanowires using X-ray microscopy and with this method they can pinpoint ...
Nanophysics
Jun 24, 2015
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New Sesotho-named dinosaur from South Africa
South African and Argentinian palaeontologists have discovered a new 200 million year old dinosaur from South Africa, and named it Sefapanosaurus, from the Sesotho word "sefapano".
Archaeology
Jun 24, 2015
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Porcupines can't jump: Camera traps in the forest canopy reveal dwarf porcupine behavior
A team of scientists, led by Dr. Tremaine Gregory from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, worked with a pipeline construction company to preserve the branches of large trees that connected over the pipeline clearing ...
Ecology
Jun 24, 2015
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Review: Intel's computer-on-a-stick: Awesome idea, but its day hasn't arrived
Are you interested in a Windows computer you could carry around in your pocket, plug into a television screen and do basic computing?
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 24, 2015
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Professor discovers new lichen species in city of Boulder
A University of Colorado Boulder scientist unexpectedly discovered two lichen species new to science in the same week while conducting research in Boulder Colorado, near the city's eastern limits.
Plants & Animals
Jun 24, 2015
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Physicists observe magnetic 'devil's staircase'
(Phys.org)—Many hiking trails feature a "devil's staircase"—a set of steps that are often steep and difficult to climb. The devil's staircase is also the name of a mathematical function whose graph exhibits a jagged step-like ...
World's first full-color, flexible, skin-like display developed
Imagine a soldier who can change the color and pattern of his camouflage uniform from woodland green to desert tan at will. Or an office worker who could do the same with his necktie. Is someone at the wedding reception wearing ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 24, 2015
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A hitch on the way to your smart home
Thanks to increasingly accessible and affordable home automation systems, your house will soon be able to do a lot of neat tricks.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 24, 2015
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