How to make a profit from rotting garbage
Landfills can make a profit from all their rotting waste and a new patent explains exactly how to make the most out of the stinky garbage sites.
Other
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Too many targets: Scientists create model to analyze ceRNA regulation, validate results with synthetic gene circuits
(Phys.org)—In the complex, somewhat rarified world of interactions between various flavors of RNA, one elusive goal is to understand the precise regulatory relationships between competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA), microRNA ...
Block cropping pitted against integration method
A local study has revealed how different ways of planting and growing mallee (small to medium-sized Eucalyptus trees) around a pasture can affect overall biomass and crop production.
Environment
Mar 31, 2015
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Trapping and watching motile cells
A new approach enables rapid characterization of living suspension cells in 4 dimensions while they are immobilized and manipulated within optical traps.
Optics & Photonics
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Photon 'afterglow' could transmit information without transmitting energy
(Phys.org)—Physicists have theoretically shown that it is possible to transmit information from one location to another without transmitting energy. Instead of using real photons, which always carry energy, the technique ...
Tiny wasps provide vital clue to avoiding extinction
The mating behaviour of tiny wasps could provide vital clues to how animals can protect themselves from extinction.
Evolution
Mar 31, 2015
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Geckos found able to expel all manner of fluids and their skin can kill bacteria
(Phys.org)—A multinational team of researchers that recently published a paper describing how they had used a scanning electron microscope to discover that gecko skin actually ejects water into the air has now published ...
How Twitter users can work together to defuse social tensions
A report co-authored by a researcher from the University of Leicester has found that social media sites such as Twitter can be useful in keeping the peace and defusing tensions during times of social unrest.
Internet
Mar 31, 2015
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Research reduces microprocessor serial link power consumption, improves data center energy efficiency
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers are working to reduce the serial link power consumption, thereby helping data centers and mobile platform operate more energy efficiently.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Mar 31, 2015
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People experience embarrassment buying personal products online
Do you blush or avoid eye contact when you're standing in line to buy personal items? What about when you buy them online?
Social Sciences
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