On Friday, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) opened its doors to allow particles to travel around the ring for the first time since the year-end technical stop (YETS) began in December 2015. At 10.30 am, a first bunch was circulating ...
General Physics
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The FBI has succeeded in hacking into an iPhone that belonged to San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook without Apple's help. As a consequence, the FBI has dropped its legal case that was trying to force Apple to do what has ...
Security
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As the old expression goes, there are no atheists in foxholes. And certainly in times of war, there's no doubt that many turn to religion for comfort. But what about other events that may threaten lives or livelihoods? Do ...
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2016
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Rangitoto Island is far older and was active much longer than previously thought, a new study has found.
Earth Sciences
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The trouble with traditional filters is that they can't do their job without clogging.
Engineering
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Dr. Xia Hu, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, is collaborating with Arizona State University and Yahoo! to understand user behavior on social media platforms ...
Computer Sciences
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The Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) field campaign team is flying NASA's G-III aircraft at about 40,000 feet. On a clear day, this altitude also provides a stunning perspective of one of the world's two great ice sheets (the ...
Earth Sciences
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In political ads, it seems that men and women are not created equal, according to research on the selection of voice-over announcers in campaign and political broadcast advertising.
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2016
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Mobilizing oxygen atoms from the crystal surface of perovskite-oxide electrodes to participate in the formation of oxygen gas is key to speeding up water-splitting reactions, researchers at MIT, the Skoltech Institute of ...
Materials Science
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Purdue researchers are developing a technology that could enable specific plants and crops to survive extreme periods of drought, while significantly decreasing agricultural water consumption.
Biotechnology
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