Light source discovery 'challenges basic assumption' of physics
A widely held understanding of electromagnetic radiation has been challenged in newly published research led at the University of Strathclyde.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 16, 2017
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First color image from the joint UK and Algeria CubeSat Mission
AlSat Nano, which was designed and built at the University of Surrey in just 18 months, has captured and downloaded its first full colour image—a step forward in demonstrated UK nanosatellite capability.
Space Exploration
Jan 16, 2017
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Protein research—the computer as microscope
Using a combination of infrared spectroscopy and computer simulation, researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have gained new insights into the workings of protein switches. With high temporal and spatial resolution, ...
Biochemistry
Jan 16, 2017
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Nanoparticle exposure can awaken dormant viruses in the lungs
Nanoparticles from combustion engines can activate viruses that are dormant in in lung tissue cells. This is the result of a study by researchers of Helmholtz Zentrum München, a partner in the German Center for Lung Research ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 16, 2017
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Mars Curiosity rolls up to potential new meteorite
Rolling up the slopes of Mt. Sharp recently, NASA's Curiosity rover appears to have stumbled across yet another meteorite, its third since touching down nearly four and a half years ago. While not yet confirmed, the turkey-shaped ...
Space Exploration
Jan 16, 2017
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How to reuse materials from trash
Most people can agree that it would be more sustainable to reuse materials in the trash that we throw away to make new products. Even though, it's not that much of the waste that is being used again. What is it that makes ...
Materials Science
Jan 16, 2017
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Study finds links between swearing and honesty
It's long been associated with anger and coarseness but profanity can have another, more positive connotation. Psychologists have learned that people who frequently curse are being more honest. Writing in the journal Social ...
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2017
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A stone, skip and a hop away from saving a bay
In Victoria's Port Phillip Bay, commercial and environmental interests can live in harmony, just like the vast variety of organisms that inhabit the bay's spectacular rocky reefs.
Environment
Jan 16, 2017
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UV light for producing customized surfaces
Scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a new process to structure surfaces and to apply or detach functional molecules. They use UV light for the formation or breaking of so-called disulfide ...
Materials Science
Jan 16, 2017
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Why does a bit of snow plunge Britain into transport chaos?
A couple of times a year, the UK is presented with the competing emotions of seeing children bouncing off the walls with excitement and the dread of the chaotic morning commute. It is snowing.
Environment
Jan 16, 2017
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