Marine fisheries catches have been drastically under-reported in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean, threatening the marine environment and livelihoods of the local community, reveals a recent study published in ...
Ecology
Aug 5, 2016
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A novel, pot-shaped, carbon nanomaterial developed by researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan is several times deeper than any hollow carbon nanostructure previously produced. This unique characteristic enables the material ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 5, 2016
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A fundamental motivation for our exploration of Mars is the search for the presence of extinct or extant life. But where should we look?
Space Exploration
Aug 5, 2016
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New research suggests that it is possible to create a new form of light by binding light to a single electron, combining the properties of both.
General Physics
Aug 5, 2016
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Fire tornados, or 'fire whirls,' pose a powerful and essentially uncontrollable threat to life, property, and the surrounding environment in large urban and wildland fires. But now, a team of researchers in the A. James ...
General Physics
Aug 5, 2016
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As Australia's Olympics team make final preparations for their events over the next two weeks the badminton team may hold a competitive edge thanks to the use of 3-D motion capture analysis which has helped improve their ...
Engineering
Aug 5, 2016
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Monash University researchers have developed a new plastic material that can extract hydrogen from water. It could be the start of a water-fuelled energy revolution.
Materials Science
Aug 5, 2016
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Mineral veins found in Mars's Gale Crater were formed by the evaporation of ancient Martian lakes, a new study has shown.
Space Exploration
Aug 5, 2016
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Last week my sister sent me a great article from Buzzfeed on "a reptile dysfunction". It's about stupid people who buy cute little baby tortoises that, after a few sweet months, enter a growth spurt and rapidly begin to assume ...
Evolution
Aug 5, 2016
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Circuits have become smaller, letting computers fit in the palm of your hand, but what if circuits could be as small as molecules? To create such circuits, scientists need molecular diodes that let current travel in one direction, ...
Nanophysics
Aug 5, 2016
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