This humble parcel-sized hardware is Europe's very first closed-loop life-support experiment to fly in space, 30 years ago this week.
Space Exploration
Aug 9, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers, two from Sweden and one from Spain has found that installing floodlighting around rural churches drives away roosting bats. In their paper published in Royal Society Open Science, Jens ...
The trouble-free operation of the energy distribution grid presents a challenge in the era of renewable energy sources. Researchers at TU Darmstadt demonstrate how grid operators can operate and expand underground cabling ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 9, 2017
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Lead in drinking water is a decades-old problem and still poses serious public health risks today. In response, utilities are replacing segments of old lead pipes that are causing the contamination. Surprisingly, researchers ...
Environment
Aug 9, 2017
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Since the inception of social media, a prodigious amount of status updates, tweets, and comments have been posted online. The language people use to express themselves can provide clues about the kind of people they are, ...
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2017
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A scientist from The University of Manchester has hit upon an innovative way to control greenflies which infest our gardens and farms.
Plants & Animals
Aug 9, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A pair of researchers with Hartwick College in the U.S. has found evidence of young male humans eating dog meat as part of initiation rituals during the Bronze Age. In their paper published in Journal of Anthropological ...
There's been no shortage of pessimistic news on climate change lately. A group of climate scientists and policy experts recently declared that we have just three years left to dramatically turn around carbon emissions, or ...
Environment
Aug 9, 2017
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Jinying Zhu's emerging technology is on the ball, off the chain and poised to make bridges safe by sound.
Engineering
Aug 9, 2017
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While single-celled organisms typically only make it into political discussion during insults, it turns out that modeling their behavior may give researchers a better handle on how political movements survive and spread.
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2017
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