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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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Graphene speeds up light conversion

May 8, 2015
News
Researchers have created a graphene-based photodetector to convert absorbed light to electricity at ultrafast speeds. Scientists at the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Spain used graphene to create a photodetector...
Materials
Materials Science
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Printed flowers unravel moth mystery

May 7, 2015
News
By using artificial flowers, ecologists have found that flower shape affects the foraging behaviour of hawk moths. A research team at the University of Washington used 3D printing to make...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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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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Ice ages explain decline in avian biodiversity

May 6, 2015
News
By studying bird species, scientists have discovered that major decline in biodiversity coincides with ice ages rather than human activities. Researchers at Uppsala University’s Evolutionary Biology Centre used mathematical calculations...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Zoology
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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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It’s not all CSI at the forensics exhibition

April 27, 2015
News
Wellcome Collection has opened an exhibition focused on the history, science and art of forensic medicine. 'Forensics: The anatomy of crime' exhibition covers from crime scene to courtroom, across centuries and...
Chemistry
Forensics
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€2.7 billion funding cut for EU researchers

April 27, 2015
News
At the Science Business Horizon 2020 conference, the European education commissioner – Tibor Navracsics – supported a €2.7 billion cut from the European Commission’s research and European Institute for Innovation...
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Fingerprint analysis without destroying evidence

April 24, 2015
News
A new method can be used to analyse both fingerprints and small particles from the same surface avoiding evidence damage.    Scientists at U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory used real...
Chemistry
Forensics
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Drop in the Horizon 2020 grant success

April 24, 2015
News
The EU Research and Innovation programme – Horizon 2020 – have announced that the average grant success rates are much lower than expected. The average success rate in the first...
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Unexpected insects leave clues for entomologists

April 22, 2015
News
Entomologists have discovered insects – normally not associated with human corpses – can provide clues from dead bodies. A research team at Sam Houston State University studied four unseen insect–cadaver...
Chemistry
Forensics
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