Solar minimum is coming
High up in the clear blue noontime sky, the sun appears to be much the same day-in, day-out, year after year.
Space Exploration
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Graphene and terahertz waves could lead the way to future communication
By utilizing terahertz waves in electronics, future data traffic can get a big boost forward. So far, the terahertz (THz) frequency has not been optimally applied to data transmission, but by using graphene, researchers at ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 28, 2017
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Space farms will feed astronauts and earthlings
Canadian researchers are leading an effort to grow crops in space, paving the way for humanity to live on other worlds and push the frontiers on Earth.
Space Exploration
Jun 28, 2017
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Rare archaeological find could be the first time unique pottery seen in the South West
Archaeologists excavating a site where Iron Age, Roman, and early medieval communities lived for more than a thousand years have unearthed pottery believed to have never been seen before in the South West.
Archaeology
Jun 28, 2017
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The world's tropical zone is expanding, and Australia should be worried
The Tropics are defined as the area of Earth where the Sun is directly overhead at least once a year—the zone between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
Environment
Jun 28, 2017
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NATO says cyber attacks a call to arms
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned the alliance must step up its defence against cyberattacks, saying they could potentially trigger their Article 5 mutual defence commitment.
Security
Jun 28, 2017
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Bird-like dinosaurs hatched eggs like chickens: study
Feathered dinosaurs that walked on two legs and had parrot-like beaks shared another characteristic with modern birds—they brooded clutches of eggs at a temperature similar to chickens, a study showed Wednesday.
Archaeology
Jun 28, 2017
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Robots to help children with autism
New research involving the University of Portsmouth is aiming to develop robots to help children with autism in ways humans can't.
Robotics
Jun 28, 2017
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New 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet detected by K2 mission
(Phys.org)—An international team of astronomers has identified a new extrasolar planet from the data provided by Kepler spacecraft's prolonged mission known as K2. The newly found exoworld, designated EPIC 228735255b, is ...
Cheap, energy-efficient and clean reaction to make chemical feedstock
They are all around you! Most plastics, conductive polymers, and even medicines derive from molecules with a double bond between two carbon atoms, C=C. These molecules are called olefins and are mainly produced from fossil ...
Materials Science
Jun 28, 2017
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