Scholar explores changing gestures of digital age
When we sit down to write, for the most part we now do it on a computer. Of course, that was not always the case.
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2016
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Brussels suicide attacks 'shocking but not surprising,' experts say
The coordinated suicide bombings that killed at least 30 people and wounded hundreds more at an international airport and downtown subway station in Brussels on Tuesday were "shocking but not surprising" and shared many of ...
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2016
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Chinese researchers develop new battery technology
A Chinese research team has developed a novel, environmentally friendly, low-cost battery that overcomes many of the problems of lithium ion batteries (LIB). The new aluminum-graphite, dual-ion battery (AGDIB) offers significantly ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 28, 2016
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New unconventional superconductors and Weyl semi-metal dynamics
Unconventional superconductivity and topological quantum phenomena are two frontier research directions of condensed matter physics. A special topic published in a recent issue of Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy ...
Superconductivity
Mar 28, 2016
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Songbirds 'teach chicks before they hatch'
Many birds learn their songs from their parents, but what if they could get a head start? A new paper, published in The Auk: Ornithological Advances, expands Flinders University research into how Australian fairy-wrens start ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2016
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Historic nuclear testing on Bikini Atoll may hold clues to long-term impacts on modern urban cities
With increasing international threats of nuclear terror blasts, dirty bombs and the potential for nuclear power-plant accidents, long-term radiation impacts on modern urban cities can be difficult to predict.
Environment
Mar 28, 2016
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Image: Hubble looks into a cosmic kaleidoscope
At first glance, this cosmic kaleidoscope of purple, blue and pink offers a strikingly beautiful—and serene—snapshot of the cosmos. However, this multi-colored haze actually marks the site of two colliding galaxy clusters, ...
Astronomy
Mar 28, 2016
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Scientific roadmap for European astrobiology
The first scientific Roadmap for European Astrobiology was published on 21 March 2016. This strategic landmark for European astrobiology was produced through the European Commission-funded AstRoMap project (2013-2015). In ...
Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2016
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New Horizons imagery reveals small, frozen lake on Pluto
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft spied several features on Pluto that offer evidence of a time millions or billions of years ago when – thanks to much higher pressure in Pluto's atmosphere and warmer conditions on the surface ...
Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2016
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Computer simulation reveals new effect of cavitation
Researchers have discovered a so far unknown formation mechanism of cavitation bubbles by means of a model calculation. In the Science Advances journal, they describe how oil-repellent and oil-attracting surfaces influence ...
General Physics
Mar 28, 2016
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