Ford-controlled company acquires laser detection firm
Ford Motor Co.'s autonomous car software and robotics subsidiary has purchased a laser detection company.
Business
Oct 27, 2017
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Science Says: Jack Frost nipping at your nose ever later
Winter is coming ... later. And it's leaving ever earlier. Across the United States, the year's first freeze has been arriving further and further into the calendar, according to more than a century of measurements from weather ...
Environment
Oct 27, 2017
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Fit or miss? Retailers offer new tools to help shoppers
Stores watching Amazon take a larger share of clothing sales are trying to solve one of the most vexing issues for online shoppers: Finding items that fit properly.
Business
Oct 27, 2017
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Astronomers capture first visiting object from outside our solar system
A Queen's University Belfast scientist is leading an international team in studying a new visitor to our solar system - the first known comet or asteroid to visit us from another star.
Astronomy
Oct 27, 2017
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Using networks to understand tissue-specific gene regulation
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital have discerned that different tissue functions arise from a core biological machinery that is largely shared across tissues, rather than from their own individual regulators. In ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 27, 2017
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'European Muslims perceive the EU more positively than other Europeans'
According to a study of the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics", Muslims in Europe have a more positive view of the European Union (EU) compared to all other groups of the European population. "On average, Muslims ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2017
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New research findings could lead to safer and more powerful lithium-ion batteries
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers are working to improve conductivity and safety in lithium-ion batteries, which are used to power many electronic devices around the world, including laptops, iPods, satellites, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 27, 2017
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September 2017's intense solar activity viewed from space
September 2017 saw a spate of solar activity, with the Sun emitting 27 M-class and four X-class flares and releasing several powerful coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, between Sept. 6-10. Solar flares are powerful bursts of ...
Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2017
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The successful US/German satellite gravity mission GRACE comes to an end after 15 years
On March 17, 2002, the twin satellites of the NASA/German Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) were launched in order to make precise measurements of the Earth´s gravity field. GRACE has lasted three times as ...
Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2017
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Video: The chemistry of Hollywood bloodbaths
Fake blood is a staple of the Halloween horror film experience, but there's no one recipe to suit every filmmaker's needs. The chemistry of fake blood has always been tweaked to create the most realistic experience, or at ...
Other
Oct 27, 2017
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