A city that obtains its power from renewable resources, where electric cars move quietly along the streets and which emits almost no carbon dioxide - German federal minister Mrs. Schavan and the president of Fraunhofer, Hans-Jorg ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 7, 2011
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A recent translocation of 12 Gilbert’s potoroos (Potorous gilbertii) is helping save a species once thought to be extinct and revealing some surprise findings.
Ecology
Nov 7, 2011
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International sports federations would like to be able to follow the movements of individual athletes more easily during televised matches, even when they're hidden from view. Today, EPFL's Computer Vision Laboratory announces ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 7, 2011
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Research coordinated by Carlos III University in Madrid analyzes the images of women in Roman mosaics and their impact on the collective consciousness of feminine stereotypes. In many cases, the research concludes, the images ...
Archaeology
Nov 7, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Pioneer probes left our solar system carrying plaques about humankind, and two Voyager probes will soon join them to gather information about places far out in our galaxy. We can and will send more autonomous ...
Space Exploration
Nov 7, 2011
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The White House has responded to two petitions asking the US government to formally acknowledge that aliens have visited Earth and to disclose to any intentional withholding of government interactions with extraterrestrial ...
Space Exploration
Nov 7, 2011
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How fussy is a plant? A new measurement method developed by Alterra, part of Wageningen UR, gives the answer in a simple number.
Ecology
Nov 7, 2011
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Given the importance of Type 1a supernovae as the standard candles which demonstrate that the universe’s expansion is actually accelerating – we require a high degree of confidence that those candles really are ...
Astronomy
Nov 7, 2011
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Dutch researchers at the University of Twente's MESA+ research institute, together with ASML, TNO (the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) and TU/e (Eindhoven University of Technology) have developed ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 7, 2011
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The cabbage family is well-represented in the vegetable section of the supermarket. The cauliflower, red cabbage and broccoli found there were all bred from the cabbage species Brassica oleraciea. Its sister species Brassica ...
Biotechnology
Nov 7, 2011
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