Last week, on 13 February 2019, the EU approved the ban on pulse trawling. This followed the vote for a ban by the European Parliament on 16 January 2018. Half of the 84 Dutch pulse trawling vessels must stop immediately; ...
Ecology
Feb 19, 2019
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Researchers of Valencia University (UV) have developed the first global maps of phosphorus and nitrogen content in vegetation, as well as efficiency in water use, via artificial intelligence and big data techniques. The application ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2019
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With the current pervasive use of online media for personal and academic reasons, it's necessary for students to have skills to confidently filter and decipher what they're reading.
Internet
Feb 6, 2019
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Physicists at the Kastler Brossel Laboratory in Paris have reached a milestone in the combination of cold atoms and nanophotonics. Using fiber-addressable atoms, they have created the first wired atomic entangled state that ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 5, 2019
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a light-based imaging technique currently used in clinical diagnostics to examine organs in vivo. The technique uses interferometry; in which light reflected from an examined object combines ...
In our fast-paced modern world there is an expectation that scientific breakthroughs occur quickly and efficiently.
Other
Feb 4, 2019
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For the scientists that study animal behavior, even the simplest roundworm poses huge challenges. The movement of squirming worms, flocking birds and walking humans changes from moment to moment, in ways that the naked eye ...
General Physics
Feb 1, 2019
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Scientists have used a Nobel-prize winning chemistry technique on a mixture of metals to potentially reduce the cost of fuel cells used in electric cars and reduce harmful emissions from conventional vehicles.
Nanomaterials
Jan 30, 2019
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In rechargeable batteries, ultra-thin material sheets are crucial. Reactions occur at the interfaces of these sheets. Scientists want to track these reactions. They need a way to probe buried interfaces with elemental specificity. ...
Materials Science
Jan 22, 2019
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A new and extremely sensitive method of measuring ultrasound could revolutionise everything from medical devices to unmanned vehicles.
Nanophysics
Jan 15, 2019
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