Around half of the star formation in the local Universe arises from minor mergers between galaxies, according to data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The patch of sky called Stripe 82 is observed repeatedly to produce ...
Astronomy
Jun 28, 2016
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Potential damage from climate hazards to critical infrastructures in the energy, transport, industrial and social sector could triple by the 2020s, multiply six-fold by mid-century, and surpass 10 times today's total of 3.4 ...
Environment
Jun 28, 2016
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Nestle has selected health care executive Ulf Mark Schneider as its new CEO, the first chief executive brought in from outside the company since 1922 as the food and drinks giant seeks to evolve into a nutrition, health and ...
Business
Jun 28, 2016
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Before moviegoers return to Pandora, they'll be able visit the exotic alien world from "Avatar" on their smartphones.
Software
Jun 28, 2016
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Home sharing site Airbnb is suing San Francisco over a new law requiring that anyone who offers their home through the rental site first register the dwelling with the city.
Business
Jun 28, 2016
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A family of four could save $1000 to $1700 on their weekly grocery shop each year by using a simple, often-overlooked tool to find the best value-for-money buys, a world-first study has found.
Economics & Business
Jun 28, 2016
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With new analytical techniques, evidence of drug use remains detectable in hair for months. This is the conclusion of the PhD thesis 'Improved forensic hair evidence for drugs of abuse by mass spectrometry' by Wilco Duvivier. ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 28, 2016
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A research team at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) and Tokyo University of Science, Japan, jointly developed a device capable of controlling magnetism at a lower current ...
Nanophysics
Jun 28, 2016
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A hydrogen-fuel economy could finally become a reality with the recent discovery of a cheap, stable and efficient means of getting hydrogen from water.
Materials Science
Jun 28, 2016
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Scientists have built a gene expression database of a stag beetle and identified genes important for sex determination and differentiation.
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2016
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