In 2009, a borehole drilled at Krafla, northeast Iceland, as part of the Icelandic Deep Drilling Project (IDDP), unexpectedly penetrated into magma (molten rock) at only 2100 meters depth, with a temperature of 900-1000 C. ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 23, 2014
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For the first time, data from LHCb, a major physics experiment, will be processed on a farm of GPUs. This solution is not only much cheaper, but it will help decrease the cluster size and process data at speeds up to 40 Tbit/s. ...
General Physics
Jun 17, 2020
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Efforts to create synthetic replacements for palm oil are still likely to take several years, so immediate attention should be focused on making the existing production process more sustainable, researchers at the University ...
Environment
Mar 10, 2020
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Imperial researchers have devised a way to deposit metals onto fabrics and used it to insert sensors and batteries into these materials.
Materials Science
Jan 18, 2019
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Video games are often advocated as educational tools that can increase students' knowledge through entertainment. However, published studies about the effectiveness of video games in education and training are limited in ...
Education
Sep 17, 2020
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A mass of charred seeds found while clearing a home construction site in Brantford, Ontario, has been identified as ancient, domesticated goosefoot (C. berlandieri spp. jonesianum), a form of quinoa native to Eastern North ...
Archaeology
Jan 15, 2019
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After describing a unique behavior in the Small-banded Kukri Snake (Oligodon fasciolatus) last September, two new studies, also led by Henrik Bringsøe, are now reporting the same gruesome feeding strategy in another two ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2021
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With recent reports suggesting there has been an increase in fatal dog attacks in the UK, it's clear the status quo isn't working. Records indicate that in an average year there would be three dog fatalities. But in 2022 ...
Other
Feb 20, 2023
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Academic social network site Academia.edu has opened a feature called 'Sessions' to a general audience after months of testing it with a small group of users. The feature is intended to serve as an avenue for writers of research ...
University of Maryland scientists have developed a method to determine the structures of large RNA molecules at high resolution. The method overcomes a challenge that has limited 3-D analysis and imaging of RNA to only small ...
Biochemistry
Oct 7, 2020
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