Satcoms in rural primary schools in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa looks set to expand following the success of a pilot project.
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The Sentinel-2A satellite takes us to the diverse landscape of the eastern Atacama desert in South America. The region pictured lies around 200km east of the Chilean city of Antofagasta on the Pacific coast (not pictured), ...
Earth Sciences
May 27, 2016
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A distant planet known as Kepler-62f could be habitable, a team of astronomers reports.
Astronomy
May 27, 2016
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Perovskite semiconductors are the hot topic in photovoltaic research. They're able to produce electricity from light like silicon photovoltaic panels but have many potential advantages, including a theoretically greater maximum ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 27, 2016
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Climate diplomats wrapped up technical talks Thursday saying they were on the right track but still far from delivering on the promise of the historic pact forged in December.
Environment
May 27, 2016
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Researchers from Cornell University have devised a peptidomimetic macrocyclic compound that is made from an acid-catalyzed cascade reaction. Their macrocycles are tunable in their backbone, side-chain composition and sequence, ...
Greenpeace on Thursday condemned the sale of illegally logged timber from Cameroon, saying the west African country's main log exporter was involved in the trade.
Environment
May 27, 2016
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Centuries ago, a native Central American people terrified of a witch believed to live deep in the earth used to sacrifice children and young women to Nicaragua's Masaya volcano.
Earth Sciences
May 27, 2016
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In principle, nothing that enters a black hole can leave the black hole. This has considerably complicated the study of these mysterious bodies, which generations of physicists have debated since 1916, when their existence ...
General Physics
May 27, 2016
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All references to Australia were removed from a UN report on climate change and World Heritage sites after objections from Canberra, in a move scientists and activists Friday called "extremely disturbing".
Environment
May 27, 2016
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