As the Navy's Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016 winds to a close this week in the frigid waters of the Arctic Ocean, officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) today reported new scientific research that took place during the ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 31, 2016
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Researchers from the University of Oxford and Cornell University have measured how ranking workers affects later levels of performance.
Economics & Business
Mar 24, 2016
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An international team of scientists led by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has performed novel measurements of graphene's electrical response to synthetic air, exposing a distinct knowledge gap that needs to be bridged ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 18, 2016
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Is it life, or merely the illusion of life?
Astronomy
Mar 1, 2016
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Connecting your smartphone to the web with just a lamp—that is the promise of Li-Fi, featuring Internet access 100 times faster than Wi-Fi with revolutionary wireless technology.
Telecom
Feb 23, 2016
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Supposing that a week ago, the air temperature was about zero, what is the best, safest method to blow up ice on rivers? What is the best way to plant explosives in conditions of low temperature when spring ice will not melt? ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 4, 2016
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At its current location for inspecting an active sand dune, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is adding some sample-processing moves not previously used on Mars.
Space Exploration
Jan 22, 2016
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Mars represents something of a conundrum for scientists. In many respects, it is significantly different from Earth. It's cold, it's dry, there is little atmosphere or precipitation to speak of, and nothing grows there. ...
Space Exploration
Dec 15, 2015
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Stochastic acceleration and shock acceleration are well recognized as key mechanisms for cosmic ray generation since they were first proposed by Fermi. These two mechanisms have been widely investigated via analytical models ...
Plasma Physics
Dec 3, 2015
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Researchers at Kansas State University's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory have discovered a virus that's been a real pest for pigs and hope the diagnostic tests they've developed to detect the virus are a step toward understanding ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 2, 2015
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