Researchers steering a remote-controlled submarine around the world's deepest known hydrothermal vents have collected numerous samples from sunless depths of the Caribbean Sea where blazing hot, mineral-rich fluid gushes ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2013
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The Indian Ocean has been warming much more than other ocean basins over the last 50-60 years. While temperature changes basin-wide can be unequivocally attributed to human-induced climate change, it is difficult to assess ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2021
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Miscanthus is one of the most promising perennial crops for bioenergy production since it is able to produce high yields with a small environmental footprint. This versatile grass has great potential to perform even better, ...
Agriculture
Nov 4, 2022
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A small team of environmental scientists from several institutions in Italy and Switzerland has found evidence suggesting that at least some of the red plumage sported by barn owls on small, isolated islands may be due to ...
A robust portable device for monitoring vital signs and providing communications for medics developed with the support of ESA offers a lifeline even in the remotest areas on Earth via satcoms.
Engineering
Jan 13, 2014
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A team of researchers has developed an on-chip photon-counting device that could significantly advance numerous applications of quantum technology.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 4, 2023
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A new Duke University-led study finds that more than 200 bird species in six rapidly developing regions are at risk of extinction despite not being included on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red ...
Ecology
Nov 9, 2016
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The desert in southern Egypt is filled with hundreds of petroglyphs and inscriptions dating from the Neolithic to the Arab period. The oldest date from the fifth millennium B.C., and few have been studied. Egyptologists at ...
Archaeology
Mar 15, 2023
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"Surely this is the most solitary organism in the world," wrote paleontologist Richard Fortey in his book about the evolution of life.
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2024
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(Phys.org) —A team of experts in human-computer interaction at the University of St Andrews have found that gesture-based Natural User Interfaces (used to control televisions, computers and games consoles like the Wii and ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 29, 2013
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