A patent held by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) describes a jacket able to increase by tenfold the speed at which mobile devices can upload content. It enables a jacket, in which numerous antennas are camouflaged, ...
Telecom
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Average fuel consumption by American drivers is at its lowest level in at least 30 years, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 26, 2015
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Sand, rocks, grains, salt or sugar are what physicists call granular media. A better understanding of granular media is important - particularly when mixed with water and air, as it forms the foundations of houses and off-shore ...
General Physics
Mar 26, 2015
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(Phys.org)—Alexander Klotz a student at McGill University in Canada has calculated a new answer to the commonly asked physics question, how long would it take a person to fall all the way through the Earth? Instead of the ...
The iconic Tasmanian swift parrot is facing population collapse and could become extinct within 16 years, new research has found.
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2015
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Roughly 500 million years ago, the genome of vertebrate animals' early ancestors doubled in size, not just once but twice. This meant that suddenly there were several gene copies which were free to develop new functions. ...
Biotechnology
Mar 26, 2015
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Since the 1968 Fair Housing act was passed, have housing opportunities for people of color improved? Did the Great Recession beginning in 2007 stop or slow progress toward better housing for people of color?
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2015
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For more than a year now, Chileans have endured a crisis of cash access. Despite global moves toward new forms of payment such as contactless and mobile transfers, the crisis in Chile highlights the continuing importance ...
Economics & Business
Mar 26, 2015
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Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Maryland and represent a breakthrough in the field of genetic ...
Biotechnology
Mar 26, 2015
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A scientific finding in fruit flies on the interplay of genes, nutrition and immunity provides insights that may one day inform personalized medicine.
Biotechnology
Mar 26, 2015
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