Our earliest human ancestors migrated for reasons of survival: food, shelter and more hospitable climates. Fast forward to the 21st century, human migration has evolved into a complex equation of push and pull factors spanning ...
Social Sciences
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Today, imec, Holst Centre, and the Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) faculty of Delft University of Technology, announced the introduction of a new wireless electroencephalogram (EEG) headset that can be worn comfortably ...
Engineering
Aug 25, 2015
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Root bacteria are known to form symbiotic relationships with plants by improving the plants' supply of nutrients. Yet as scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, found recently, the bacteria ...
Ecology
Aug 25, 2015
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A luminescent solar concentrator is an emerging sunlight harvesting technology that has the potential to disrupt the way we think about energy; It could turn any window into a daytime power source.
Nanophysics
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A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory developing a bioinorganic hybrid approach to artificial photosynthesis have achieved another milestone. Having generated ...
Materials Science
Aug 25, 2015
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Soils in areas hit by bushfires like the Sampson Flat fire may take several years to recover, say University of Adelaide soil scientists starting a new study into the effects of bushfires on soils.
Environment
Aug 25, 2015
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A decade after hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, experts say the flooding that caused over 1,800 deaths and billions of dollars in property damage could have been prevented had the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers retained an ...
Environment
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US President Barack Obama made a full-throated defense of renewable energy, hitting coal-championing critics as free market hypocrites.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 25, 2015
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Russia's media watchdog said Tuesday it had lifted a short-lived ban on Russian-language Wikipedia over an entry on a form of cannabis.
Internet
Aug 25, 2015
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Dutch nutritional supplements and chemicals company Royal DSM NV says it is laying off between 900 and 1,100 staff worldwide as part of a reorganization of its businesses.
Business
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