Quick Response (QR) codes—the box-shaped symbols that appear on signs, posters, and even business cards—are a convenient and efficient way of accessing specific web pages with a smartphone or other mobile device. However, ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 11, 2014
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Next time you pour a glass of wine, raise a toast to the 30-milion-year-old viruses that have contributed to the genetic make-up of modern grapes.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 11, 2014
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Leading energy engineers are suggesting that UK regulations on the surface vibrations caused by shale gas fracking are unnecessarily restrictive.
Environment
Nov 11, 2014
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Doesn't this make you want to book a trip on the next spaceship? Stunning footage from space here shows what auroras look like from the International Space Station. So many ripples of green. Such awesomeness.
Space Exploration
Nov 11, 2014
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New research has found Mountain Ash forests provide more value to the community and the global climate when protected and not logged.
Environment
Nov 11, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A study conducted in part at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has revealed how a key human protein switches from a form that protects cells to a form that kills them – a property ...
Biochemistry
Nov 11, 2014
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The first detailed study of the otoliths of extant African annual killifish species provides vital information that will facilitate the identification of fossil forms of this group and contribute to the elucidation of their ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 11, 2014
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The huge rocket that will blast NASA's first Orion spacecraft into orbit is ready to Rock 'n' Roll on a critical two orbit test flight scheduled for December.
Space Exploration
Nov 11, 2014
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Selective and reactive, metal-organic frameworks or MOFs could replace inefficient materials in batteries, catalysts, solid-state heat pumps, and other products where gas separation and storage are vital. While scientists ...
Materials Science
Nov 11, 2014
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QUT researchers have developed ground-breaking technology for monitoring social media content and engagement, answering industry calls for better big data analysis.
Internet
Nov 11, 2014
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