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Earth Expected to Be Habitable for Another 1.75 Billion Years

22/09/2013 19:07
The research team looked to the stars for inspiration. Using recently discovered planets outside our solar system (exoplanets) as examples, they investigated the potential for these planets to host life. The research was led by Andrew Rushby, from UEA's school of Environmental Sciences. He said:...

Health Effects of Using Portable Electronic Devices Studied

09/09/2013 16:47
The Department of Rehabilitation Sciences of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association have jointly conducted a study on the health effects of using smartphones and portable electronic devices among Hong Kong people. Results showed that, out of the...

Annular eclipse of the Sun by the Mars's moons seen by Curiosity

09/09/2013 16:35
Credits: +NASA / +NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory / +Texas A&M University  

Blue Light Observations Indicate Water-Rich Atmosphere of a Super-Earth

09/09/2013 16:30
A Japanese research team of astronomers and planetary scientists has used Subaru Telescope's two optical cameras, Suprime-Cam and the Faint Object Camera and Spectrograph (FOCAS), with a blue transmission filter to observe planetary transits of super-Earth GJ 1214 b (Gilese 1214 b) (Figure 1). The...

Scientists Use DNA to Assemble a Transistor from Graphene

08/09/2013 15:09
DNA is the blueprint for life. Could it also become the template for making a new generation of computer chips based not on silicon, but on an experimental material known as graphene? That's the theory behind a process that Stanford chemical engineering professor Zhenan Bao reveals in Nature...

The Electric Warship

08/09/2013 15:06
  Two decades ago, the U.S. Navy began designing what it then called its “21st-century destroyers.” These were to be a fleet of 32 guided-missile destroyers that would be able to cruise near coastlines and attack forces on land with mind-boggling might. In 2001, though, the...
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