University of Virginia engineering professor Houston Wood's career is a testament to the essential role that engineers can play, not only in preserving a free and open society, but also in making the world a safer place.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 8, 2014
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Calculating the cumulative cost of carbon dioxide emissions gives new insights into the question of who is responsible for climate change.
Environment
Jul 8, 2014
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Following the intensive commissioning phase of the largest Cherenkov telescope worldwide (H.E.S.S. CT5), the H.E.S.S. collaboration has announced the detection of cosmic gamma rays of 30 gigaelectronvolts (GeV). The High ...
Astronomy
Jul 8, 2014
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Estimates show that millions of people have been victims of cyberbullying. Sadly, this includes the famous cases where emotional distress caused Tyler Clementi, Izzy Dix, Lisa Marie Zahra, and dozens of other victims to take ...
Internet
Jul 8, 2014
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Speaking at press conference held during the 37th International Conference on High Energy Physics, ICHEP, in Valencia, Spain this morning CERN Director General Rolf Heuer gave a resume of results from CERN that are being ...
General Physics
Jul 8, 2014
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Researchers at the Institut des Sciences de la Terre (CNRS/Université Joseph Fourier/Université de Savoie/IRD/IFSTTAR) and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (CNRS/Université Paris Diderot/IPGP), working in collaboration ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 8, 2014
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For billions of years, bacteria move along using cilia. These propeling organelles are ubiquitous and they are even found in almost any human cell. Following the natural paragon scientists at the Kiel University constructed ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 8, 2014
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A majority of the world's population now lives in cities, which consume 75 percent of the world's resources and emit most of its greenhouse gases. The United Nations estimates that by 2050, an additional three billion people ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 8, 2014
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Researchers at the Universiti Teknologi MARA mixed clay with various waste materials to enhance its engineering quality.
Engineering
Jul 8, 2014
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Despite a slight dip in June, fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the U.S. exceeded 25 mpg for the fifth straight month, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 8, 2014
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