Cloud seeds and ozone holes
New findings on the growth of ice clusters in Polar Stratospheric Clouds could help clarify the process of ozone depletion in the atmosphere.
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2012
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Wind turbine with record-breaking rotors
Siemens has produced the world's longest rotor blades for wind turbines. Measuring 75 meters in length, the blades are almost as big as the wingspan of an Airbus A380. Beginning this fall, the B75 rotor blades will be installed ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 30, 2012
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Mars landing sky show
Every time NASA lands a rover on Mars--or even makes the attempt--it is cause for celebration. On August 5th, the heavens themselves are aligning to mark the event.
Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2012
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Flags still standing at several Apollo landing sites on the moon
Mark Robinson, Principal Investigator of the Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter Camera (LROC) says the most often-asked questions he gets about the images LRO has taken of the Moon are about pictures of the Apollo landing sites ...
Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2012
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So how do plants know when to flower?
Professor Caroline Dean recently wrote a blog article for The Independent website on how plants know when to flower. This was part of a series of blogs on Women in Science.
Plants & Animals
Jul 30, 2012
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Bio-inspired nanoantennas for light emission
Just as radio antennas amplify the signals of our mobile phones and televisions, the same principle can apply to light. For the first time, researchers from CNRS and Aix Marseille Université have succeeded in producing ...
Nanophysics
Jul 30, 2012
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Fujitsu develops technology to automatically resolve performance problems in distributed storage
Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a technology that automatically resolves problems caused by concentrated accessing of popular data items in a distributed storage system in order to curb access-time ...
Software
Jul 30, 2012
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Panasonic develops efficient artificial photosynthesis system generating organic materials from carbon dioxide, water
Panasonic has developed an artificial photosynthesis system which converts carbon dioxide (CO2) to organic materials by illuminating with sunlight at a world's top efficiency of 0.2%. The efficiency is on a comparable level ...
Materials Science
Jul 30, 2012
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Plants to express human proteins
Plants are emerging as important biotechnology tools for the production of highly purified recombinant proteins. The Plastomics network dissected the process of foreign gene insertion into plants and their potential use as ...
Biotechnology
Jul 30, 2012
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A fish friendly facility for the International Space Station
(Phys.org) -- While aquariums provide a relaxing pastime for humans on Earth, recreation is not the goal behind the new Aquatic Habitat, or AQH, aboard the International Space Station. Instead, researchers will use this unique ...
Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2012
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