Today's flight and splashdown of NASA's first Orion spacecraft paves the way for future human exploration beyond low orbit powered by ESA's European Service Module.
Space Exploration
Dec 8, 2014
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An Ariane 5 has lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana and delivered two telecom satellites into their planned orbits.
Space Exploration
Dec 8, 2014
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43 billion Indian rupee (£4.4 billion) worth of fruit and vegetables wasted annually in India could be better conserved if the country had a sustainable cold chain of refrigerated warehousing and transport, say University ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 8, 2014
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The Sun is bubbling, forming mysterious finger-like plasma structures in its gaseous envelope, the corona. A German-American team headed by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research has now succeeded in explaining ...
Astronomy
Dec 8, 2014
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Earlier this fall, a team led by Stanford geophysicist Rosemary Knight performed an ambitious experiment to determine the extent of ocean saltwater intrusion into underground freshwater in the Monterey Bay region.
Environment
Dec 8, 2014
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If protecting human rights is not a compelling enough argument, a recent report co-authored by a Rutgers professor gives developing countries another reason to promote inclusiveness of LGBT citizens.
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2014
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Some like it hot, but for creating new stars, a cool cosmic environment is ideal. As a new study suggests, a surge of warm gas into a nearby galaxy—left over from the devouring of a separate galaxy—has extinguished star ...
Astronomy
Dec 8, 2014
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Archaeologists from the University of Southampton have revealed for the first time the plan of a network of buildings in a once thriving medieval city at the historic site of Old Sarum, near Salisbury.
Archaeology
Dec 8, 2014
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A 'Bionic Bra' that automatically tightens in response to breast movement is one step closer to reality with the development of a new prototype.
Engineering
Dec 8, 2014
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Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have discovered an instability in gold nanoparticles that is critical for their application in future technology.
Nanomaterials
Dec 8, 2014
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