High-frequency antennas transmit radio waves across vast distances and even over mountain ranges using very little energy, making them ideal for military communications. These devices, however, have one big problem: They ...
Engineering
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Ferocious lightning storms millions of times more powerful than those on Earth could be responsible for unexplained radio signals from planets orbiting other stars.
Space Exploration
Apr 26, 2016
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As the changing climate disrupts familiar weather patterns, many countries face a dual threat: swamping along the coasts, but also unexpected shrinking freshwater supplies in many regions.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 26, 2016
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When multiple lithium ions intend to crowd into one empty spot in an electrode's atomic framework, they start competing for the nearby oxygen atoms. They tug on the oxygen, distorting the material and eventually causing it ...
Materials Science
Apr 26, 2016
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How birds' beaks evolved characteristic shapes to eat different food is a classic example of evolution by natural selection.
Evolution
Apr 26, 2016
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A highly innovative project in which Cambridge students and prisoners studied together at a Category B prison in Buckinghamshire has broken down prejudices and created new possibilities for all of those who took part. The ...
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2016
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It's been argued that how much we know about climate change is unrelated to how much we care about addressing it.
Environment
Apr 26, 2016
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A new study has identified two new specimens of a rare ancient marine reptile, and has for the first time revealed the pelvis bones of the species.
Archaeology
Apr 26, 2016
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With the monsoon fast approaching, the landslide risk in Nepal remains high a year after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake that killed more than 8,000 people, according to a University of Michigan-led research team.
Earth Sciences
Apr 26, 2016
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An international team of including the Lomonosov Moscow State University researchers have determined which enzyme enables Escherichia coli bacterium (E. coli) to breathe. The study is published in the Scientific Reports.
Biochemistry
Apr 26, 2016
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