(Phys.org)—A team of researchers working in various parts of France has conducted a study to determine the impact on birds when researchers use drones to study or watch them. In their paper published in Royal Society Biology ...
An Aston University academic has proposed a new process to decompose waste desalination brine using solar energy, neutralising ocean acidity and reducing damaging environmental impacts.
Environment
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New selective membranes in the form of thin hollow straws can improve water purification. This emerges from research by Joris de Gooth from UT's MESA+ research institute. The membranes that De Grooth jointly developed make ...
Materials Science
Feb 4, 2015
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Norway will cut its emissions of global warming gases by at least 40 percent by 2030, aligning itself with the target set by the European Union, the government said Wednesday.
Environment
Feb 4, 2015
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"Heredity", opined the pioneering cultural anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber in 1915, "cannot be allowed to have acted any part in history". I have yet to encounter a crisper expression of the view that biological explanations ...
Social Sciences
Feb 4, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers working at the University of Hawaii using data from the Kepler space telescope, has found that the oscillations made by a star conform closely to the golden mean—further study showed that ...
A straightforward and effective process for coating silver, gold and platinum nanoparticles with functionalized silica shells at room temperature has been developed by A*STAR . Crucially, unlike conventional methods for producing ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 4, 2015
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Siemens is investigating entirely new concepts for X-ray systems. The aim is to achieve a radical increase in imaging resolution and to enable phase-contrast X-ray imaging. This entirely new technique helps, for instance, ...
Engineering
Feb 4, 2015
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Digital technology and pervasive access to the internet have reshaped many industries, and banking is no exception: Hampden and Co is the latest in a short but growing list of digital-only banks built not of bricks and mortar, ...
Business
Feb 4, 2015
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The Earth recently entered a new epoch – the Anthropocene. Since the dawn of modern mechanised industry and the use of fossil fuels, the story goes that human beings have become the dominant force for change in our atmosphere, ...
Earth Sciences
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