PhoneSat 2.4, NASA's next generation smartphone cubesat has phoned home. The tiny spacecraft that uses an off-the-shelf smartphone for a brain has completed checkout and sent back data confirming all systems are "go" for ...
Space Exploration
Dec 6, 2013
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An innovative new three-year research project will see the aquaculture, agriculture and biogas sectors working together to develop renewable energy. The initiative demonstrates how improving sustainability, reducing waste ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 6, 2013
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Temple Grandin shares something in common with some of the animals she works with.
Plants & Animals
Dec 6, 2013
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Train accidents at level crossings carry a high cost in the form of death, injury and material damages. A Norwegian warning system has been designed to lower the risk of such accidents.
Engineering
Dec 6, 2013
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Gas mileage of new vehicles sold in the U.S. was 24.8 mpg in November, up 0.1 mpg from the revised October figure, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 6, 2013
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Among the most common tools in electrical engineering and computer science are rectangular grids of numbers known as matrices. The numbers in a matrix can represent data, and they can also represent mathematical equations. ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 6, 2013
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Human activity like clearing land for agriculture and mining does not threaten the ability of some plants to share genes via pollen carried by birds.
Ecology
Dec 6, 2013
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DNA sequencing is important to science. While Professor Qian Linmao and his group from Tribology Research Institute, Southwest Jiaotong University, were working on the optimization of the third-generation sequencing technique ...
Biotechnology
Dec 6, 2013
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School boards are one of the foundations of the American educational system, yet little research exists on their effects on student performance. A University of Kansas professor has published a study showing that when a school ...
Social Sciences
Dec 6, 2013
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Following the Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory's arrival at the Tangashema Space Center in Japan, efforts by the NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency team will now focus on final checkouts and preparation ...
Space Exploration
Dec 6, 2013
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