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Meet the author of Rise of the Rocket Girls

August 8, 2016
Insight
Nathalia Holt, microbiologist-turned-author, tells us about her latest book, Rise of the Rocket Girls, which looks at the role of the female ‘human computers’ employed at NASA in the 1940s...
Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Interviews
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Fuel source found hidden under deep sea floor

August 3, 2016
News
Scientists have discovered a potential source of free hydrogen gas near tectonic plates under the sea floor.
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Oceanography
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Green electricity produced from ion transfer

August 2, 2016
News
A nanomaterial membrane has allowed scientists in France to develop a system that generates electricity using the diffusion of salt ions.
Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Energy
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Newly discovered exoplanets are not alone

July 28, 2016
News
Astronomers from a Canadian university have given a clearer understanding on a class of exoplanets known as Warm Jupiters, that often have unexpected planetary companions.
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Dark energy measured with huge 3D map

July 26, 2016
News
A 3D map of more than one million galaxies has been created to measure the effects of dark energy on the Universe’s expansion
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Leicester University opens lab to all physicists

July 25, 2016
News
The University of Leicester will make their facilities available to astrophysics, both in European and international.
Physics & Engineering
Physics
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Photosynthesis recreated in the lab

July 20, 2016
News
Swiss chemists have taken a step closer to generating energy from sunlight, by reproducing a crucial phase of photosynthesis using artificial molecules.
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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New supercapacitor created

July 19, 2016
News
Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have created a new supercapacitor.
Physics & Engineering
Energy, Physics, Solid State Physics
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Helium gas field found in Africa

July 7, 2016
News
Scientists have located a large helium gas field and hope that this find can replenish quickly-decreasing amounts of the element around the world.
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Geology
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Nanotechnology boosts oil recovery chances

July 6, 2016
News
A new method utilising nanoparticle-containing solutions that allow for enhanced recovery of oil at low cost, has been discovered by scientists at the University of Houston.
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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