Yale University has begun a multi-phase renovation of the former Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory that will reinvent the landmark nuclear physics lab for a new era in physics research.
General Physics
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Standing in a full-body scanner at an airport isn't fun, and the process adds time and stress to a journey. It also raises privacy concerns. Researchers now report in ACS' The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters a more ...
General Physics
Feb 26, 2014
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The fusion of a sperm and egg yields a zygote with an unconstrained capacity to develop into any cell type in the body. Subsequent rounds of cell division limit those options as the embryo enters a developmental program that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 26, 2014
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A new project that will use large music collections – so called Big Data – to support music research has been launched by Queen Mary University of London, City University London, University College London and the British ...
Internet
Feb 26, 2014
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Fuel cells convert chemical energy stored in fuel into electricity without combustion. They hold great promise as a clean energy alternative to fossil fuels because they use mostly hydrogen gas, and their only byproducts ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 26, 2014
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If you are ever lost on the surface of Mars, don't count on a compass to help you get home. On Mars, compasses don't work.
Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2014
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First thing every morning, the engineering team for NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission gathers for a 10-minute meeting. A white board sits at the front of the room with the day's assignments – who will wrap tape around ...
Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2014
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Contradicting past theories, cold gas has been found in abundance in some elliptical galaxies—showing that there must be some other explanation why these types of galaxies don't form new stars. Astronomers believe that ...
Astronomy
Feb 26, 2014
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A study into whether grey parrots understand the notion of sharing suggests that they can learn the benefits of reciprocity.
Plants & Animals
Feb 26, 2014
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Stars, diamonds, circles: Rather than your average bowl of Lucky Charms, these are three-dimensional cell cultures generated by an exciting new digital microfluidics platform, the results of which have been published in Nature ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 26, 2014
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