Researchers at RMIT University have engineered a new type of transistor, the building block for all electronics. Instead of sending electrical currents through silicon, these transistors send electrons through narrow air ...
Nanophysics
Nov 19, 2018
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695
With a science paper published after his death, Stephen Hawking has revived debate on a deeply divisive question for cosmologists: Is our Universe just one of many in an infinite, ever-expanding "multiverse"?
General Physics
May 6, 2018
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1134
No matter how smart, well-prepared or hard-working, many college students struggle with rigorous introductory science courses because their approach to learning fails to provide a working knowledge of abstract concepts that ...
Social Sciences
May 16, 2017
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1283
The car of the future doesn't just want to drive you. It wants to know you.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 8, 2017
7
221
Luxury automaker BMW AG is showing off a sleek concept car aimed at a future in which drivers choose between the pleasures of high-performance driving and letting the car take control.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 7, 2016
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34
We create words to label people, places, actions, thoughts, and more so we can express ourselves meaningfully to others. Do humans' shared cognitive abilities and dependence on languages naturally provide a universal means ...
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2016
3
485
The automotive future according to a new electric car maker looks an awful lot like a Corvette crossed with the Batmobile.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 5, 2016
2
911
Although scientists are increasingly using pint-size satellites sometimes no larger than a loaf of bread to gather data from low-Earth orbit, they have yet to apply the less-expensive small-satellite technology to observe ...
Space Exploration
May 19, 2015
1
1059
Every year, slightly more boy babies than girl babies are born worldwide. But back when sperm meets egg, the two sexes are conceived in equal numbers, a new study suggests.
Other
Mar 30, 2015
4
415
A 13th century bishop's theory about the formation of the universe has intriguing parallels with the theory of multiple universes. This was uncovered by the the Ordered Universe project at Durham University, which has brought ...
General Physics
Apr 24, 2014
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