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Metamaterial hails efficient wireless power transfer

May 13, 2015
News
By using metasurfaces rather than antennas, scientists created an electromagnetic energy collector that can achieve full absorption of waves. A research team at the University of Waterloo in Canada used...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Materials Science, Physics
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Martian anti-freeze makes liquid water possible

May 11, 2015
News
Data from NASA’s rover – Curiosity – has shown that liquid water could exist on Mars. A research team at the University of Copenhagen used soil data and discovered that...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Low-energy collisions at the LHC

May 6, 2015
News
For the first time since the restart of the Large Hadron Collider – the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator – low-energy proton collisions have been delivered. Following two...
Physics & Engineering
Physics
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Quantum fluctuation explains missing neutrinos

May 4, 2015
News
After three years of data collection, scientists have discovered why only one form of neutrino can be recorded. A research team led by the University of Copenhagen used data from...
Physics & Engineering
Physics
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No – it’s a snake…seriously, a flying snake.

April 22, 2015
Insight
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No - it’s a snake...seriously, a flying snake. Jake Socha, professor at Virginia Tech has been investigating this unusual behaviour So…flying snakes…who...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Interviews, Physics
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Underground ocean found on Jupiter’s largest moon

April 10, 2015
News
Scientists have used a new approach to find evidence for a subsurface saltwater ocean on Jupiter's largest moon.By using the NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, researchers at University of Cologne in...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics
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LHC smashes protons together once again

April 2, 2015
News
After a delay, the second run of the Large Hadron Collider – the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator – is due to start over this holiday weekend. Following a...
Physics & Engineering
Particle Physics, Physics
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Chemistry in the perfect coffee

March 18, 2015
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Computational chemistry and coffee; not – you might imagine – natural bedfellows. But Theoretical and Computational Chemist Christopher Hendon begs to differ… You were at the World Barista Championships 2014...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemistry, Interviews, Physics
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Artificial intelligence speeds up drug discovery

March 3, 2015
News
An artificially intelligent robot can automatically discover new drugs, improving the cost and speeding up the process.Engineers at the University of Manchester used a method of smart screening and developed...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Computer Science
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New approach puts kids in space!

February 11, 2015
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Crossing the traditional boundaries of education and active research – the Langton Star Centre is not only a new way to inspire young people to take up STEM, but also...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Interviews, Physics
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