In the margins: Why aliens won't use the metric system
No, I'm not talking about Americans. I'm talking about intelligent life out in the cosmos.
Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2018
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Smart electricity meters are here, but more is needed to make them useful to customers
Across most of Australia, the electricity industry is in the midst of a major rollout of so-called "smart meters" led by retailers – your household may very well have one already.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 27, 2018
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Super-resolution microscopy in both space and time
Super-resolution microscopy is a technique that can "see" beyond the diffraction of light, providing unprecedented views of cells and their interior structures and organelles. The technique has garnered increasing interest ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 27, 2018
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What Vikings really put in their pillows
Not too many people are able to identify birds by examining a single feather. But a number of folks need to know that sort of thing, and it can actually save lives.
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2018
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XMM-Newton spies first clear X-ray flares from massive stellar lighthouse
In 2014, ESA's XMM-Newton spotted X-rays emanating from the massive star Rho Ophiuchi A and, last year, found these to ebb and flow periodically in the form of intense flares – both unexpected results. The team has now ...
Astronomy
Feb 27, 2018
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Study shows babies expect fairness in resource sharing
A team of researchers with Stanford University and the University of Illinois has conducted a study based on testing fairness in babies and has found that they expect fairness in resource sharing, except when resources are ...
Constant vigilance affects health of black women
When black women report high levels of vigilance—chronic, daily worry about having to encounter prejudice—their health suffers.
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2018
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Supercomputer model reveals how sticky tape makes graphene
Scientists at UCL have explained for the first time the mystery of why adhesive tape is so useful for graphene production.
Nanomaterials
Feb 27, 2018
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What Australia can learn from Fiji in reducing the working poor
Labor's calls to raise the minimum wage or other pushes to implement a universal basic income ignore Australia's system of supporting low-paid workers in other, more important, ways. These are called a "social wage" and includes ...
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2018
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Study finds Americans don't think they have the ear of elected officials
In an era of sharp disagreements between Democrats and Republicans, there is one thing Americans can agree on: They believe that elected officials are not paying enough attention to the general public. This finding emerged ...
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2018
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