Following a long series of tests, ESA's LISA Pathfinder has started its science mission to prove key technologies and techniques needed to observe gravitational waves from space.
Space Exploration
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Underappreciated compared to its heavier metal counterparts, chromium failed for more than 30 years to turn nitrogen gas into ammonia, a reaction that involves breaking one tough bond and making six new ones. But scientists ...
Materials Science
Mar 8, 2016
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Every region of DNA codes for a gene. Well, not quite. Although an organism's genome contains some regions that are read and transcribed into RNA, many of those do not give rise to functional genes. Scientists at the Max ...
Biotechnology
Mar 8, 2016
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The human genome codes for more than 20,000 different proteins, however the molecular role for many of these proteins is not known. As most proteins are conserved from fly to humans, understanding the molecular role of a ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 8, 2016
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Mobility is empowering. That's why Toyota is working to develop a wearable device for the blind and visually impaired that will help them do more with greater freedom, independence and confidence. Called Project BLAID, it ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 8, 2016
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ESA and UK satellite operator Inmarsat are forging ahead with the development of air–ground communications via satellite as part of Europe's plan to keep our skies safe as air traffic increases.
Engineering
Mar 8, 2016
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New research reveals that the limbs of the earliest four-legged vertebrates, dating back more than 360 million years ago, were no more structurally diverse than the fins of their aquatic ancestors.
Archaeology
Mar 8, 2016
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Global warming will increase rainfall in some of the world's driest areas over land, with not only the wet getting wetter but the dry getting wetter as well.
Earth Sciences
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A joint CEA / University of Grenoble-Alpes research team, together with international partners, has developed a diagnostic technique capable of identifying performance problems in nanoresonators, a type of nanodetector used ...
Nanophysics
Mar 8, 2016
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This is a final act of celestial beauty before the long fade into cosmic history. Invisibly buried in the centre of this colourful swirl of gas is a dying star, roughly the same mass as the sun.
Astronomy
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