Researchers at Hiroshima University, CNRS, and Université de Strasbourg synthesized crystals with magnetic properties that can change continuously and reversibly, a world first. The study was highlighted as a cover article ...
Materials Science
Aug 3, 2016
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Geoscientists from Heidelberg University have discovered accumulations of magma in the Andes sufficient to have set off a super-eruption but which, in fact, did not. Such eruptions, which expel enormous quantities of magma, ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 3, 2016
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After years of work, a team of NASA scientists and engineers is poised to realize a lifetime goal: building an instrument powerful and accurate enough to gather around-the-clock global atmospheric carbon-dioxide (CO2) measurements ...
Environment
Aug 3, 2016
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The Houston Independent School District's school closures between 2003 and 2010 disproportionately displaced poor and black students, according to a new research brief from Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium.
Social Sciences
Aug 3, 2016
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Earth-Kind trials of dwarf ornamental plants in the town of Prosper, near Dallas, will provide valuable information on how to conserve water and reduce chemical use in landscaping, said Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service ...
Ecology
Aug 3, 2016
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The past three weeks have seen considerable discussion of Australia's wholesale electricity market, driven largely by severe price spikes in South Australia. Hugh Saddler, writing last week on The Conversation, and the Climate ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 3, 2016
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The Sand Fire, in the Santa Clarita area northwest of Los Angeles, has burned more than 41,000 acres, destroyed 18 houses and caused one fatality. By August 1, 2016, when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 3, 2016
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How do you test a model simulator? Compare it to real life. That's what scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory did when they compared several observational sets with a simulation of how tiny atmospheric particles ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 3, 2016
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A study by Macquarie University researchers has found a new way to make ultra-pure frequency lasers based on diamond that avoids the problems responsible for destabilising and broadening a laser's frequency.
Optics & Photonics
Aug 3, 2016
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It has been years in the making, but one of the trickiest pieces of space technology ever developed is finally ready to join its satellite for launch by the end of next year. With this milestone, we are another step closer ...
Space Exploration
Aug 3, 2016
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