A single-electron transistor (SET) is an electrical device that takes advantage of a strange quantum phenomenon called tunneling to transport single electrons across a thin insulator. The device serves as an on/off switch ...
Quantum Physics
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NOAA and the other Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Trustees today released 15-year comprehensive, integrated environmental ecosystem restoration plans for the Gulf of Mexico in response to the April 20, 2010 Deepwater ...
Environment
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Does Jupiter protect us from harm, or cause more objects to change trajectory and head towards Earth?
Space Exploration
Oct 6, 2015
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When fictional astronaut Mark Watney becomes stranded alone on the Red Planet in the novel and film "The Martian," people and technology from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, play important roles ...
Space Exploration
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(Phys.org)—Australian biologist John Alroy, with Macquarie University has published a paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences outlining his study and analysis of two groups of animals; amphibians and reptiles, ...
A WageSpot smartphone application released in the United States on Tuesday dove into a historically taboo topic—how much people get paid.
Software
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X-ray crystallography reveals the three-dimensional structure of a molecule, thus making it possible to understand how it works and potentially use this knowledge to subsequently modulate its activity, especially for therapeutic ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 6, 2015
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Geological relics from the far reaches of the solar system are the focus of a quest by the fireball hunting team at Curtin University.
Space Exploration
Oct 6, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the University of Cape Town and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, both in South Africa, has found an example of a seed from a plant using mimicry to fool a beetle. In their paper published ...
Diesel-guzzling trucks and commercial vehicles in India will soon have to pay a surcharge for entering New Delhi, after the country's top court Friday approved a trial plan to improve the capital's notoriously filthy air.
Environment
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