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2016: The Year Of The CO2 Point Of No Return

Editorial Team Sep 28, 2016

In the centuries to come, history books will likely look back on September 2016 as a major milestone for the world’s climate. At a time when atmospheric carbon dioxide is usually at its minimum, the monthly value failed to drop below 400…

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It’s not you, it’s me: Breaking up with your Fitbit

Editorial Team Sep 27, 2016

Personal tracking tools - technologies that meticulously count our daily steps, map our runs, account for each purchase - fall in and out of favor in users' lives. People abandon self-tracking for different reasons, University of…

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Artificial Muscles: Scientists Spin A Yarn…

Editorial Team Sep 27, 2016

In recent years, researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and colleagues at the University of Wollongong in Australia have put a high-tech twist on the ancient art of fiber spinning, using modern materials to create ultra-strong,…

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Wireless charging enables drone to fly indefinitely

Editorial Team Sep 27, 2016

Want a drone to fly longer and farther? Give it a bigger battery. But that adds weight, which in turn reduces the drone’s flight time. It’s quite a conundrum. It seems like an unresolvable catch-22, except that someone has finally found a…

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Not just another cat meme: ‘Schroedinger’s Cat’ revelation

Editorial Team Sep 27, 2016

One of the most famous mind-twisters of the quantum world is the thought experiment known as 'Schroedinger’s Cat', in which a cat placed in a box and potentially exposed to poison is simultaneously dead and alive until someone opens the box…

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Photons twist and scientists shout about it

Editorial Team Sep 27, 2016

Researchers in the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering have measured the twisting force, or torque, generated by light on a silicon chip. Their work holds promise for applications such as miniaturized gyroscopes and…

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Take a deep breath: Over 90% of the world breathes bad air

Editorial Team Sep 27, 2016

Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization has said, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. New data in a report from the…

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Molecular luminescence gets the green light

Editorial Team Sep 27, 2016

Glow-in-the-dark stickers, weird deep-sea fish, LED lightbulbs — all have forms of luminescence. In other words, instead of just reflecting light, they make their own. Now a team of scientists from the University of Vermont and Dartmouth…

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Move over Mars, potential life on Jupiter’s moon Europa

Editorial Team Sep 27, 2016

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. This finding bolsters other Hubble observations suggesting the icy moon erupts with…

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Exposure Therapy Enhanced: Time To Face Your Fears

Editorial Team Sep 27, 2016

People who are too frightened of flying to board an airplane, or too scared of spiders to venture into the basement, can seek a kind of treatment called exposure therapy.