Sentinel-1 warns of refugee island flood risk
In what the UN describes as the world's fastest growing refugee crisis, almost
Space Exploration
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Image: ESA's Cheops satellite
ESA's Cheops satellite – seen here at Airbus in Madrid – will measure the sizes of known exoplanets by detecting tiny fluctuations in the light of their parent stars. Due to be ready for launch at the end of this year, ...
Space Exploration
May 30, 2018
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New technique for additive manufacturing design
A Sandia National Laboratories team built a telescope to demonstrate how to design for additive manufacturing, familiarly known as 3-D printing, to take advantage of the technique's strengths and weaknesses.
Engineering
May 30, 2018
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Smartphone to help farmers test for poultry infection
Chicken farmers in the Philippines will soon test their birds for deadly pathogens with a new hand-held device and smartphone app they can use on their own farms.
Engineering
May 30, 2018
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Ocean-migrating trout adapt to freshwater environment in 120 years
Steelhead trout, a member of the salmon family that live and grow in the Pacific Ocean, genetically adapted to the freshwater environment of Lake Michigan in less than 120 years.
Ecology
May 30, 2018
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Once lost archaeology revealed by satellite images and aerial photography
How do you study ancient cities when they're hidden from view, covered with hundreds or thousands of years of human development by the growth of towns and cities?
Archaeology
May 30, 2018
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Environmental noise paradoxically preserves the coherence of a quantum system
Quantum computers promise to advance certain areas of complex computing. One of the roadblocks to their development, however, is the fact that quantum phenomena, which take place at the level of atomic particles, can be severely ...
Quantum Physics
May 30, 2018
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Making sense of the drought situation in Cape Town
Cape Town has come dangerously close to running out of water after 3 years of persistent drought.
Environment
May 30, 2018
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'Smart' material enables novel applications in autonomous driving and robotics
Research led by scientists from the University of Luxembourg has shown the potential of liquid crystal shells as enabling material for a vast array of future applications, ranging from autonomous driving to anti-counterfeiting ...
Materials Science
May 30, 2018
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Nokia had to weed out a culture of fear to embrace a future without smartphones
Aalto University Professor Timo O. Vuori and Professor Quy N. Huy from Singapore's INSEAD University have studied Nokia's transformation during 2007-2013. Their new results show how Nokia's board contributed to the company's ...
Economics & Business
May 30, 2018
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