All over Europe cities and towns strive to become climate smart. They revamp their energy districts, step-by-step, while looking across borders to learn from best practice.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 8, 2015
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Life imitates art. And sometimes science does the same.
Earth Sciences
Jan 8, 2015
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Soil performs a vital if somewhat underappreciated role in maintaining healthy ecosystems, which is why the UN has designated 2015 to be the International Year of Soils (officially launched on World Soil Day on 5th December ...
Environment
Jan 8, 2015
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Researchers from the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Université de Montpellier have succeeded, for the first time, in measuring the temperature at the heart of certain stars, as well as dating them. Their study is ...
Astronomy
Jan 8, 2015
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The gas giant Jupiter safeguards many secrets crucial to our understanding of the evolution of our solar system. It could also provide insights on how giant planets form and the role these titans played in putting together ...
Space Exploration
Jan 8, 2015
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From 15th-century, one-page hornbooks to "teaching machines" such as PLATO, to massive open online courses, or MOOCs, visionary educators long have trumpeted new technology to revolutionize classroom learning.
Other
Jan 8, 2015
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Research into the sediment-dwelling marine life in deep-sea canyons, by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), may help to predict how marine ecosystems will respond to human disturbance of the ocean, such as deep-sea mining ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 8, 2015
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Physicists developing a prototype quantum hard drive have improved storage time by a factor of more than 100.
Quantum Physics
Jan 8, 2015
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Dozens of homes and outbuildings have been destroyed in bushfires that have ravaged parts of South Australia reminding us again how poorly adapted we are to bushfire prone landscapes.
Engineering
Jan 8, 2015
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When you pick up a pound of meat from the grocery store, have you noticed the label indicating where the meat originated? According to new research, most shoppers have no idea the label exists—but that little label is causing ...
Economics & Business
Jan 8, 2015
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