Dozens of educators who competed alongside Christa McAuliffe to become the first teacher in space gathered Thursday to remember the seven astronauts who perished aboard Challenger 30 years ago.
Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2016
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Researchers from the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) have discovered a new and more accurate way to screen cereal varieties for tolerance to salinity and high sodium ...
Biotechnology
Jan 28, 2016
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The bloom may be off Apple's iPhone, at least for now. So now the pressure is on the iconic Silicon Valley company to come up with its next big thing.
Business
Jan 28, 2016
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(Phys.org)—As if upgrading one of the most complicated pieces of machinery in the world three years from now is not difficult enough, workers on the CERN project are also going to have to remove, according to Motherboard, ...
Teachers of primary-aged children who demonstrate excessive anxiety often won't refer a child for help unless there is enough support provided within a school, a new QUT study has revealed.
Social Sciences
Jan 28, 2016
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Following a succesful conference on megafauna - large animals - two journals have published special features on the topic.
Ecology
Jan 28, 2016
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To get young students reading about science, NASA is trying something different. Instead of a press release or a scientific paper, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission has launched a Japanese manga-style comic ...
Other
Jan 28, 2016
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In collaboration with the Coreplast Laitila company, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has created a reflector that can be wirelessly controlled via a mobile phone application. This involves equipping a traditional ...
Engineering
Jan 28, 2016
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Japan unveiled its first homemade stealth plane Thursday as it tries to catch up on the technology and enhance its reconnaissance and intelligence capabilities as China expands its own military presence in the region.
Engineering
Jan 28, 2016
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Combining experimental investigations and theoretical simulations, researchers have explained why platinum nanoclusters of a specific size range facilitate the hydrogenation reaction used to produce ethane from ethylene. ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 28, 2016
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