Image: Washington D.C. from orbit
Sentinel-2 takes us over the US capital city of Washington DC, nestled between the states of Maryland and Virginia.
Earth Sciences
Oct 27, 2017
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Nanomagnets levitate thanks to quantum physics
Quantum physicists in Oriol Romero-Isart's research group in Innsbruck show in two current publications that, despite Earnshaw's theorem, nanomagnets can be stably levitated in an external static magnetic field owing to quantum ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 27, 2017
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New model predicts locations of biological hotspots in the ocean
Each year thousands of people come to Monterey Bay to watch the feeding frenzies of seabirds, sea lions, and humpback whales. But why do certain coastal areas, such as Monterey Bay, become meccas for both humans and wildlife? ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 27, 2017
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Stephen Hawking's Ph.D. thesis crashed its host website—here's what it says in simple terms
The PhD thesis of perhaps the world's most famous living scientist, Professor Stephen Hawking, was recently made publicly available online. It has proved so popular that the demand to read it reportedly crashed its host website ...
General Physics
Oct 27, 2017
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Why we can't rely on corporations to save us from climate change
While businesses have been principal agents in increasing greenhouse gas emissions, they are also seen by many as crucial to tackling climate change.
Environment
Oct 27, 2017
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New study maps priority areas around world to protect mammals
A new study led by ANU has mapped priority areas around the world to protect thousands of mammal species, with a focus on species with few close relatives including echidnas in Australia and PNG and lemurs in Madagascar.
Ecology
Oct 27, 2017
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Laser-imaging technology provides improved method for peering inside living creatures
Caltech engineers have improved a technique for taking three-dimensional (3-D) microscopic images of tissue, allowing them to see inside living creatures with greater precision than before.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 27, 2017
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Not just available, but also useful: we must keep pushing to improve open access to research
Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis became freely available online this week, and promptly crashed a server following massive public interest.
Other
Oct 27, 2017
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Why teenage jobs are good for your kids
With the fall semester under way, parents and students are choosing extracurricular activities. Hockey? Chess club? Band? Recent research shows that another option —adolescent work experience —can pay big dividends ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2017
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Exploiting reversible solubility allows for direct, optical patterning of unprecedentedly small features.
To build better solar cells, scientists need to design materials from the bottom up, placing chains of molecules just where they are needed. Scientists devised a new way to grow neatly arranged, densely packed bundles of ...
Polymers
Oct 27, 2017
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