Lightning path remains unpredictable, but at a smaller scale, discharges between two electrodes can be guided by laser beams. Professor Roberto Morandotti and his colleagues have discovered a way to …read more Source:: Science
Day: June 19, 2015
Sixth mass extinction is here: Humanities existence threatened, biologists say
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•Biologists have use highly conservative estimates to prove that species are disappearing faster than at any time since the dinosaurs’ demise. …read more Source:: Science
Europe’s revived comet lander phones home
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Europe’s Philae comet lander re-established radio contact with its orbiting mother ship on Friday, boosting scientists’ hopes of reviving a pioneering mission to study a …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Chemists devise technology that could transform solar energy storage
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•Chemists have developed a major improvement to capture and retain energy from sunlight, where the stored energy can last dramatically longer than current solar technology allows — up to several …read more Source:: Science
Smart cycle jacket could save lives on Mexico City’s roads
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•Mexico City’s bumper-to-bumper traffic is a problem for the sprawling capital city’s cyclists. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
How bats actually fly to find their prey
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•New research helps elucidate how bats actually fly to find their prey. Every night a bat puts in 600-700 kilometres of airtime. Flying low, the animals catch insects at speeds …read more Source:: Science
First solar cell made of highly ordered molecular frameworks
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•Researchers have developed a material suited for photovoltaics. For the first time, a functioning organic solar cell consisting of a single component has been produced on the basis of metal-organic …read more Source:: Science
LibreOffice debuts in the Mac App Store
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•By Simon Phipps After years of manual installs and manual updates, open source flagship office suite LibreOffice is now available for installation by Mac users via Apple’s Mac App Store. This …read more Source:: OpenSource