It used to be that building and launching a working satellite was an enormously expensive and complex undertaking, feasible only for governmental and military agencies. But the CubeSat revolution of the past decade has placed ...
Space Exploration
Apr 7, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Two researchers, David Bercovici of Yale University and Yanick Ricard with the University of Lyon, have together used mathematical modeling to help explain how it was that our planet came to have tectonic plates ...
(Phys.org) —From ping pong tables to golf courses, the sizes of sports fields vary widely. Although the sizes of sports fields were originally defined empirically—that is, by simply playing the sport rather than performing ...
Government envoys and scientists gathered under the UN banner in Berlin Monday to hammer out a list of options for curbing carbon emissions driving dangerous climate change.
Environment
Apr 7, 2014
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It's the simple device that could help the Australian Swim Team reach for more gold - and it was developed right here in Brisbane.
Engineering
Apr 7, 2014
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As an important contribution to traffic safety, the communication between cyclists and motor vehicle drivers is currently being examined by a scientific project under way in Vienna. Both infrastructure and intersection design ...
Engineering
Apr 7, 2014
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The University of Western Australia, Chevron and Woodside will launch an international search for an expert who can breathe new life into the discipline of palynology in WA.
Environment
Apr 7, 2014
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Taking remedial courses at the four-year college level may hold students back from earning their bachelor's degrees, but at the community college level remedial education can help earn an associate's degree, according to ...
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2014
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Environmental group Greenpeace has slammed Amazon for its environmental practices in its latest report on the green credentials of the technology industry.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 7, 2014
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NASA's car sized Curiosity rover has arrived at a scientifically enticing science destination at "The Kimberley Waypoint" where researchers hope to carry out the next drilling operation into alien Martian terrain in search ...
Space Exploration
Apr 7, 2014
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