New understanding of cellulose could lead to tailored biofuels
In the search for low emission plant-based fuels, new research may help avoid having to choose between growing crops for food or fuel.
In the search for low emission plant-based fuels, new research may help avoid having to choose between growing crops for food or fuel.
Materials Science
Jun 9, 2016
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Concordia sits on a plateau 3200 m above sea level. A place of extremes, temperatures can drop to –80°C in the winter, and the Sun does not rise above the horizon in the winter, forcing the crew to live in isolation without ...
Space Exploration
Jun 9, 2016
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Multiple integrated circuits at the heart of Europe's space missions, etched together onto a single piece of silicon.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jun 9, 2016
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Who were our earliest ancestors? How and when did they evolve into modern humans? And how do we define "human," anyway? Was it when some long-ago ancestor stood and walked; grew a brain of a certain size; or figured out how ...
Archaeology
Jun 9, 2016
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The EU's top court ruled Thursday the European Commission can order member states to cut down thousands of olive trees infected by deadly bacteria after Italian authorities halted the felling in December.
Ecology
Jun 9, 2016
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Using tunneling ionization and ultrashort laser pulses, scientists have observed the changes that take place in the structure of a molecule within billionths of a billionth of a second when excited by an electron impact.
General Physics
Jun 9, 2016
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The Quaternary International journal has just published a scientific paper about the existence of livestock enclosures in Álava dating back about 5,000 years. In this pioneering work on agropastoral communities in the Chalcolithic, ...
Archaeology
Jun 9, 2016
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In the range of energies penetrated by the LHC accelerator, a new mechanism of particle creation is becoming more prominent, say scientists from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow. ...
General Physics
Jun 9, 2016
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Conservation activists on Thursday showed undercover video they say suggests that a "huge loophole" in Japanese law enforcement is hindering efforts to rein in illegal ivory trading.
Ecology
Jun 9, 2016
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Although mankind has been using silk for millennia, many aspects of its properties and molecular structure remain unknown. Now, a new study from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan reveals that ...
Materials Science
Jun 9, 2016
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