When Abraham Lincoln sent Union troops into Southern states during the Civil War, hundreds of thousands of slaves saw their opportunity to break free from years of captivity. A University of Kansas professor in his new book ...
Social Sciences
Nov 6, 2014
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A million frames per second has been achieved in 3D digital holography of moving objects. The method, developed at Kyoto Institute of Technology in Japan, could be used to analyse high-speed phenomena, including plasmas and ...
General Physics
Nov 6, 2014
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The biological world around us is dominated by multicellular plants and animals. All of these intricate forms have evolved from far simpler, single celled ancestors.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 6, 2014
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University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers are explaining why there are concerns with the end-to-end security of an increasingly popular means of communication, and what users can do to defend against potential threats.
Security
Nov 6, 2014
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Pines are long-lived; between 100 and 1,000 years. And they are a tree species, of high commercial importance. Indeed, they are valued for their timber and wood pulp. Now, a European Research project, called ProCoGen, is ...
Biotechnology
Nov 6, 2014
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In the developed world, internet access is getting close to saturation point throughout the population, with the proportion of those online in many countries in the West approaching 80% for fixed broadband access and 30% ...
Telecom
Nov 6, 2014
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"All systems go!" I said cautiously with a long sigh of relief. I had approved plans for the first soil analysis that would give humankind clues to the past and future habitability of Mars.
Space Exploration
Nov 6, 2014
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Two years into a study of factors influencing forest regeneration in Pennsylvania, researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are offering never-before-seen insights into deer movement.
Ecology
Nov 6, 2014
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The ability to build up knowledge over generations, called cumulative culture, has given mankind language and technology. While it was thought to be limited to humans until now, researchers from the Laboratoire de psychologie ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 6, 2014
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Two embedded intelligence systems designed and developed by undergraduate students in Texas A&M University's Dwight Look College of Engineering were aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket headed to the International Space Station ...
Space Exploration
Nov 6, 2014
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